Title :
Low jitter Q-switching using optoelectronic feedback
Author :
Williams, K.A. ; White, Ian H. ; Burns, Dave ; Sibbett, W.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Bath Univ.
fDate :
9/29/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Timing jitter in multicontact InGaAsP-InP lasers has been reduced through the implementation of a novel optoelectronic feedback scheme. This single-chip scheme allows improvements in uncorrelated jitter over alternative active and passive Q-switching techniques
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Q-switching; feedback; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; indium compounds; semiconductor lasers; InGaAsP-InP; low jitter Q-switching; multicontact semiconductor lasers; optoelectronic feedback; single-chip scheme;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19941147
