Simultaneous optical comb frequency stabilization and super-mode noise suppression of harmonically mode-locked semiconductor ring laser using an intracavity etalon

Author

Gee, S. ; Quinlan, F. ; Ozharar, S. ; Delfyett, P.J.

Author_Institution

Center for Res. & Educ. in Opt. & Lasers, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

Volume

17

Issue

1

fYear

2005

Firstpage

199

Lastpage

201

Abstract

Using an intracavity Pound-Drever-Hall technique, simultaneous optical frequency comb stabilization within ±3-MHz range and super-mode phase noise suppression were demonstrated for a 10-GHz harmonically mode-locked semiconductor ring laser. Together with an additional phase-lock loop, timing jitter integrated from 10 Hz to 10 MHz (5 GHz) was 63.5 fs (161 fs).

Keywords

Fabry-Perot interferometers; laser cavity resonators; laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; laser modes; laser noise; optical phase locked loops; phase noise; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; timing jitter; 10 Hz to 10 GHz; 161 fs; 63.5 fs; harmonically mode-locked semiconductor ring laser; intracavity Pound-Drever-Hall; intracavity etalon; optical comb frequency stabilization; phase-lock loop; super-mode noise suppression; timing jitter; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser stability; Optical noise; Phase noise; Ring lasers; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers; Timing jitter; Harmonic mode-locking; Pound–Drever–Hall (PDH) technique; phase-locked loops; super-mode noise;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.838920

Filename

1372629