title: Stable Similariton Generation in an All-Fiber Hybrid Mode-Locked Ring Laser for Frequency Metrology.
abstract: Ultrashort pulse lasers constitute an important tool in the emerging field of optical frequency metrology and are enabling unprecedented measurement capabilities and new applications in a wide range of fields, including precision spectroscopy, atomic clocks, ultracold gases, and molecular fingerprinting. We demonstrate the generation of stable 127-fs self-similar pulses at a central wavelength of 1560 nm with 7.14-mW average output power. Similariton lasers have a low repetition rate deviation in the averaging time interval [Formula: see text], a low relative intensity noise [Formula: see text] (30 Hz to 10 kHz), a narrow single comb line width of 32 kHz, and high reliability. Thus, such lasers are highly promising for further development of the stabilized combs and open up a robust and substantially simplified route to synthesizing low-noise microwaves.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lazarev
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krylov
authors.forename: Dmitriy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dvoretskiy
authors.forename: Stanislav
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sazonkin
authors.forename: Alexey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pnev
authors.forename: Stanislav
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leonov
authors.forename: Dmitriy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shelestov
authors.forename: Mikhail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tarabrin
authors.forename: Valeriy
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Karasik
authors.forename: Alexey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kireev
authors.forename: Mikhail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gubin