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Buying Timing Jitter Measurement Devices

Top-level product category: icon detectors and measurements

More general product categories: laser noise measurement equipment, pulse characterization instruments

Specialized instruments are used to measure the timing jitter of ultrashort laser pulses. These devices can provide power spectral densities of the pulse timing or simple r.m.s. values, depending on the measurement requirements.

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Purchasing involves a lot of responsibility. We recommend that you apply best practice by using the following structured process: Go through the following expandable sections, complete the form and finally come to a purchase decision. You can then print that to a PDF for documenting the process.

Our article on best practices for purchasing and another one explaining this tool give you valuable insights.

1. Understand the technical background

It is important to sufficiently understand the technology before buying.

Use the comprehensive learning resources of RP Photonics:

timing jitter laser noise intensity noise phase noise timing jitter New Scientific Paper: Timing Jitter and Phase Noise of Mode-locked Fiber Lasers Jitter and Phase Noise of Mode-locked Fiber Lasers

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2. Define your requirements

It is essential to fully understand and clearly define your requirements before you buy.

We recommend that you develop a list of clear specifications according to your specific needs, against which you can later check the suitability of found product offers:

To help you, we have already listed some aspects we recommend you consider when buying timing jitter measurement devices. Of course, there may be other aspects that are relevant to your specific case.

This list is for your own preparation, and can later (possibly in modified form) be used for quotation requests to suppliers.

I think that I am sufficiently informed about our requirements.

Otherwise, you will need to talk to your technical colleagues.

I consider the above list of specifications to be sufficiently complete, clear and accurate.

If you cannot sufficiently clarify your requirements, you may want to get technical consultancy from RP Photonics.

Insert these criteria when creating inquiry mails to suppliers with the buttons "Get quotation".

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3. Find suitable suppliers

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Below, you can find our list of suppliers for timing jitter measurement devices. Use the checkboxes to mark possibly suitable suppliers.
The selected suppliers will appear below this list, along with your list of specifications. You can then indicate which specifications they meet according to your research. (You should finalize your specifications before doing this.)
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Additional Resources

See also the white paper on Attosecond Timing Distribution from Menhir Photonics!

Suppliers for Timing Jitter Measurement Devices

2 suppliers for timing jitter measurement devices are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 2 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

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Menhir Photonics AG
Industriestrasse 42
8152 Glattbrugg
Switzerland

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See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B2.521) and CLEO 2025 in Long Beach (CA), USA, May 4–9 (Kiosk 331)!

The MENHIR-1550 SERIES is the first industrial-grade, femtosecond laser at 1550 nm with GHz repetition-rate and ultra-low noise performances. Find more about the stability of Menhir Photonics’ products.

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Lasers for the Molecular Age

Cycle GmbH
Luruper Hauptstr. 1
22547 Hamburg
Germany

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See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B2.122)!

Cycle offers the lowest noise timing detectors in the market based on its patented balanced optical cross-correlator (BOC) and balanced optical microwave phase detector (BOMPD) technologies.

The BOC detects the relative timing jitter between two independent optical pulse trains with identical center wavelengths, whereas the BOMPD detects the timing jitter or phase noise between an optical pulse train and the zero-crossings of a microwave signal.

Cycle’s BOCs and BOMPDs provide exceptionally high timing sensitivity, attosecond timing resolution, and AM-PM conversion suppression against environmental fluctuations.

We offer BOCs operating on 800 nm, 1030 nm and 1550 nm wavelengths. We also offer two color BOCs (TCBOC) to measure the timing jitter of lasers at different center wavelengths.

Our BOMPDs operate with a wide range of microwave frequencies (10 MHz – 10 GHz) and optical wavelengths (800 nm, 1030 nm and 1550 nm).