Title :
Subfemtosecond-drift microwave signal synthesis from femtosecond mode-locked lasers
Author :
Kim, Jungwon ; Kärtner, Franz X.
Abstract :
A 10-GHz microwave signal is synthesized from a 200-MHz mode-locked Er-fiber laser using a delay-locked loop with relative timing jitter of 2.4-fs (rms) [0.1Hz-1MHz] and timing drift of 0.84-fs (rms) [0.035mHz–1Hz].
Keywords :
High speed optical techniques; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Masers; Optical feedback; Optical noise; Optical pulses; Signal synthesis; Timing jitter; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
