Title :
480-GHz subharmonic synchronous mode locking in a short-cavity colliding-pulse mode-locked laser diode
Author :
Arahira, S. ; Ogawa, Y.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Components, Oki Electr. Ind. Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
fDate :
4/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Stabilization of a short cavity (174 μm) colliding-pulse mode-locked laser diode was successfully demonstrated by subharmonic synchronous mode locking with a subharmonic frequency optical pulse injection. A stable 480-GHz optical pulse train synchronized to an external clock signal with a low timing jitter of 0.14 ps was generated.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser stability; optical communication equipment; optical pulse generation; quantum well lasers; synchronisation; timing jitter; 174 micron; 480 GHz; GRIN-SCH; InGaAsP-InGaAsP; compressively strained InGaAsP-InGaAsP multiple quantum-well structure; external clock signal; low timing jitter; short-cavity colliding-pulse mode-locked laser diode; stabilization; stable optical pulse train; subharmonic frequency optical pulse injection; subharmonic synchronous mode locking; Absorption; Clocks; Diode lasers; Frequency synchronization; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Timing jitter; Ultrafast optics;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
