Table 1 Main parameters of the used commercial mode-locked lasers
From: Low-noise transfer of the spectral purity of an optical comb line using a feedforward scheme
Parameters | OFC-1 | OFC-2 |
|---|---|---|
Repetition rate | ~ 1 GHz (975.5 MHz) | 250 MHz |
Average output power | 35 mW | 90 mW |
Center wavelength | 1560 nm | 1556 nm |
Optical bandwidth (at −3 dB) | > 13 nm | > 13 nm |
Supported pulse duration | < 200 fs | < 200 fs |
Free-running timing jitter [1 kHz - 10 MHz] | < 10 fs | < 1.5 fs |
Free-running 3-dB linewidth of an optical comb line [1 Hz - 10 MHz] | < 18 kHz | < 10 kHz |