Title :
Optical oscillators with high stability and low timing jitter
Author :
Hollberg, L. ; Gates, C.W. ; Diddams, S.A.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., USA
Abstract :
Frequency stabilized cw lasers achieve exceptional frequency stability using high finesse Fabry-Perot cavities. That stability can be transferred to other optical frequencies with mode-locked lasers and provides optical and electronic pulses with ultra-low timing jitter.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; laser cavity resonators; laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; timing jitter; Fabry-Perot cavities; continuous-wave lasers; electronic pulses; frequency stability; high finesse cavities; high-stability oscillators; low timing jitter; mode-locked lasers; optical oscillators; optical pulses; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Masers; Optical noise; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Oscillators; Timing jitter; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548229
