Title :
Phase noise characterization of a harmonically mode-locked erbium doped fiber ring laser
Author :
Novak, D. ; Gupta, K. ; Ahmed, Z.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Parkville, Vic., Australia
Abstract :
We present a detailed investigation of the phase noise characteristics of a harmonically mode-locked erbium doped fiber ring laser. RMS timing jitter <1 ps has been measured for a 2 GHz optical pulse train with no active stabilization of the laser.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; jitter; laser mode locking; laser noise; optical fibre communication; optical transmitters; phase noise; ring lasers; timing; 2 GHz; RMS timing jitter; fiber ring laser; harmonically mode-locked lasers; optical pulse train; phase noise characterization; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser stability; Optical pulses; Phase noise; Pulse measurements; Ring lasers; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 1996. MWP '96. Technical Digest., 1996 Internatonal Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3129-X
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.1996.662079
