Ultralow-noise mode-locked fiber lasers and frequency combs: principles, status, and applications

J Kim, Y Song - Advances in Optics and Photonics, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We review the most recent progress in ultralow-noise mode-locked fiber lasers and fiber-
based frequency-comb sources. With the rapid progress in theory, measurement, and …

Coherent pulse synthesis: towards sub‐cycle optical waveforms

C Manzoni, OD Mücke, G Cirmi, S Fang… - Laser & Photonics …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The generation of sub‐optical‐cycle, carrier–envelope phase‐stable light pulses is one of
the frontiers of ultrafast optics. The two key ingredients for sub‐cycle pulse generation are …

Photonic ADC: overcoming the bottleneck of electronic jitter

A Khilo, SJ Spector, ME Grein, AH Nejadmalayeri… - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
Accurate conversion of wideband multi-GHz analog signals into the digital domain has long
been a target of analog-to-digital converter (ADC) developers, driven by applications in …

Attosecond timing jitter from high repetition rate femtosecond “solid-state fiber lasers”

R Yang, M Zhao, X Jin, Q Li, Z Chen, A Wang, Z Zhang - Optica, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Compact, high repetition rate (∼ GHz level) femtosecond fiber lasers are attractive for high-
precision, high-speed scientific and engineering fields. However, the noise of such a laser …

Optical flywheels with attosecond jitter

AJ Benedick, JG Fujimoto, FX Kärtner - Nature Photonics, 2012 - nature.com
It has been known for some time that the steady-state pulse propagating inside a mode-
locked laser is the optical equivalent of a mechanical flywheel. By measuring the timing error …

Optical frequency comb generation based on erbium fiber lasers

S Droste, G Ycas, BR Washburn, I Coddington… - …, 2016 - degruyter.com
Optical frequency combs have revolutionized optical frequency metrology and are being
actively investigated in a number of applications outside of pure optical frequency metrology …

Timing jitter optimization of mode-locked Yb-fiber lasers toward the attosecond regime

Y Song, C Kim, K Jung, H Kim, J Kim - Optics express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate ultra-low timing jitter optical pulse trains from free-running, 80 MHz
repetition rate, mode-locked Yb-fiber lasers. Timing jitter of various mode-locking conditions …

Sub-100-as timing jitter optical pulse trains from mode-locked Er-fiber lasers

TK Kim, Y Song, K Jung, C Kim, H Kim, CH Nam… - Optics letters, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate sub-100-as timing jitter optical pulse trains generated from free-running,
77.6? MHz repetition-rate, mode-locked Er-fiber lasers. At− 0.002 (±0.001)? ps^ 2 net cavity …

Ultra-precise timing and synchronization for large-scale scientific instruments

M Xin, K Şafak, FX Kärtner - Optica, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Ultra-precise timing has become a prerequisite for many modern large-scale scientific
instruments, and timing precision is a crucial enabling factor to achieve the ultimate goals of …

Effect of timing jitter on time-of-flight distance measurements using dual femtosecond lasers

H Shi, Y Song, F Liang, L Xu, M Hu, C Wang - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
The cross correlation between a pair of femtosecond lasers with slightly different repetition
rates enables high precision, high update rate time-of-flight (TOF) distance measurements …