Title :
Extreme timing jitter reduction of a passively mode-locked laser diode by optical pulse injection
Author :
Arahira, Shin ; Kutsuzawa, Satoko ; Ogawa, Yoh
Author_Institution :
Opto-Electron. Labs., Oki Electr. Ind. Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
fDate :
12/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Reduction of the timing jitter to less than that of the master laser pulses was achieved for a passively mode-locked laser diode stabilized by subharmonic-frequency optical pulse injection. Detailed investigation revealed that this phenomenon originates from the short-term stability of the mode locking frequency under passively mode-locking operation with suitable bias conditions of the saturable absorber and the gain sections
Keywords :
laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor lasers; synchronisation; timing jitter; bias conditions; extreme timing jitter reduction; gain sections; master laser pulses; mode locking frequency; optical pulse injection; passively mode-locked laser diode; saturable absorber; short-term stability; subharmonic-frequency optical pulse injection; Diode lasers; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Timing jitter; Ultrafast optics; Ultraviolet sources;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
