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

Volume

35

Issue

12

fYear

36495

fDate

12/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1805

Lastpage

1811

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;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.806587

Filename

806587