Abstract
We demonstrate sub- timing jitter optical pulse trains generated from free-running, repetition-rate, mode-locked Er-fiber lasers. At net cavity dispersion, the rms timing jitter is () integrated from () to offset frequency, when measured by a resolution balanced optical cross correlator. To our knowledge, this result corresponds to the lowest rms timing jitter measured from any mode-locked fiber lasers so far. The measured result also agrees fairly well with the Namiki–Haus analytic model of quantum-limited timing jitter in stretched-pulse fiber lasers.
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