Timing Jitter in Amplitude Modulated Harmonically Mode-Locked Er-Doped Fiber Ring Lasers

Adi RAHWANTO; Yoshiro MATSUO; Norihiko NISHIZAWA; Toshio GOTO; Masakazu MORI; Kazuo YAMANE

doi:10.1007/s10043-999-0355-2

Adi RAHWANTO, Yoshiro MATSUO, Norihiko NISHIZAWA, Toshio GOTO, Masakazu MORI, Kazuo YAMANE

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Keywords: phase noise, timing jitter, amplitude noise, fiber ring lasers, mode-locked lasers, active mode-locking, short pulse lasers

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1999 Volume 6 Issue 4 Pages 355-358

DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-999-0355-2

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Abstract

The phase noise and the amplitude noise of optical pulses from the amplitude modulated harmonically mode-locked (AM-HML) Er-doped fiber (EDF) ring laser was investigated by measuring the power spectra of the optical pulses. The root mean square (RMS) timing jitter and the RMS amplitude noise are 1.26 ps and 2.5% (500 Hz-50 kHz), respectively, when the pulse repetition frequency is 1.58 GHz. They are smaller than those in conventional harmonically mode-locked EDF ring lasers.

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