Ultralow-jitter, 1550-nm mode-locked semiconductor laser synchronized to a visible optical frequency standard RID C-3312-2011

Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2003
Authors
Jones,D. J
Holman, KW
Notcutt, M
Ye,J.
Chandalia, J
Jiang, LA
Ippen, EP
Yokoyama, H
Name of Publication
Optics Letters
Volume
28
Pagination
813 - 815
Issue
10
Date Published
2003/05/15/
ISBN Number
0146-9592
Keywords
clock, diode, noise
Abstract

Using high-bandwidth feedback, we have synchronized the pulse train from a mode-locked semiconductor laser to an external optical atomic clock signal and achieved what is to our knowledge the lowest timing jitter to date (22 fs, integrated from 1 Hz to 100 MHz) for such devices. The performance is limited by the intrinsic noise of the phase detector used for timing-jitter measurement. We. expect such a highly stable device to play an important role in fiber-network-based precise time/frequency distribution. (C) 2003 Optical Society of America.