Title :
Amplitude noise of 40-GHz pulses from a subharmonically synchronous mode-locked semiconductor laser
Author :
Bao, H.C. ; Liu, H.F. ; Wen, Y.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Parkville, Vic., Australia
fDate :
4/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The broad-band amplitude noise of 40-GHz pulses from a subharmonically synchronous mode-locked (SSML) semiconductor laser is investigated. Experiments show that the amplitude noise of pulses generated from a SSML laser depends on the amplitude noise and pulsewidth of injected pulses, frequency detuning and subharmonic numbers.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser noise; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; 40 GHz; 40-GHz pulses; SSML laser; broad-band amplitude noise; frequency detuning; gain-switched distributed-feedback laser; injected pulses; monolithic semiconductor laser; pulsewidth; subharmonic numbers; subharmonically synchronous mode-locked semiconductor laser; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Noise generators; Noise level; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
