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Optical Oscillators with High Stability and Low Timing Jitter
Published
Author(s)
Leo W. Hollberg, Christopher W. Oates, Scott A. Diddams
Abstract
Frequency stabilized cw lasers achieve exceptional frequency stability using high finesse Fabry-Perot cavities. That stability can be transferred to other optical frequencies with mode-locked lasers and provides optical and electronic pulses with ultra-low timing jitter.
Proceedings Title
18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005
Hollberg, L.
, Oates, C.
and Diddams, S.
(2005),
Optical Oscillators with High Stability and Low Timing Jitter, 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=50369
(Accessed October 27, 2025)