Title :
Attosecond-resolution timing jitter spectrum measurement of free-running mode-locked lasers over 10 decades of fourier frequency
Author :
Kwangyun Jung ; Jungwon Kim
Author_Institution :
Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
We show timing jitter spectrum measurement of free-running mode-locked lasers from 1-mHz to 40-MHz Fourier frequency. The demonstrated method can resolve different noise mechanisms that cause specific jitter characteristics from <;100-ns to >1000-s time scales.
Keywords :
Fourier transform optics; erbium; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; laser noise; laser variables measurement; optical pulse generation; timing jitter; Fourier frequency; attosecond-resolution timing jitter spectrum measurement; free-running mode-locked lasers; frequency 1 mHz to 40 MHz; noise mechanisms; time 100 ns to 1000 s; Density measurement; Frequency measurement; Noise; Noise measurement; Phase locked loops; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
