Time-domain measurement of pulse-timing fluctuations in a mode-locked laser diode

Author

Tsuchida, Hidemi

Author_Institution

Photonics Res. Inst., Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol., Tsukuba, Japan

Volume

14

Issue

4

fYear

2002

fDate

4/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

513

Lastpage

515

Abstract

Time-domain measurement techniques have been applied to the evaluation of pulse timing fluctuations in a monolithic mode-locked laser diode operating at 20 GHz. The time interval analysis and the time-domain demodulation techniques, both developed by the present author, are utilized for the evaluation of passively and hybrid mode-locked lasers, respectively. Phase noise power spectral densities have been measured from 2.5 to 34 MHz Fourier frequency with 300-dB dynamic range.

Keywords

demodulation; laser mode locking; laser noise; laser variables measurement; phase noise; semiconductor lasers; time-domain analysis; timing jitter; 2.5 to 34 MHz; 20 GHz; Fourier frequency; Phase noise power spectral densities; dynamic range; hybrid mode-locked lasers; monolithic mode-locked laser diode; passively mode-locked lasers; pulse timing fluctuations; time interval analysis; time-domain demodulation techniques; time-domain measurement; Demodulation; Diode lasers; Fluctuations; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Measurement techniques; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Time domain analysis; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.992595

Filename

992595