Title :
An ultrastable PLL mode-locked fiber laser with a hydrogen maser clock
Author :
Yoshida, Masato ; Hirayama, Toru ; Yakabe, Masatsugu ; Nakazawa, Masataka ; Koga, Yasuki ; Hagimoto, Ken
Author_Institution :
Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Japan; masato@riec.tohoku.ac.jp
Abstract :
We have greatly improved the stability of the repetition rate of a mode-locked fiber laser by using a phase-locked loop circuit with a hydrogen maser clock. The stability reached as high as 5.9 × 10-14for an averaging time of 100 s.
Keywords :
Clocks; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Hydrogen; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Masers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Phase locked loops;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569865
