Title :
Phase noise and timing jitter eliminator for mode-locked lasers based on external graphene layers
Author :
Wu, Kan ; Wong, Jia Haur ; Luo, Zhiqiang ; Ouyang, Chunmei ; Shum, Ping ; Shen, Zexiang
Author_Institution :
Network Technol. Res. Centre, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
We demonstrate a noise eliminator with a reduction of 34% for phase noise and timing jitter based on external graphene layers for mode-locked lasers by absorbing the low-power background noise from the laser spontaneous emission.
Keywords :
interference suppression; laser mode locking; laser noise; external graphene layers; laser spontaneous emission; low-power background noise; mode-locked lasers; phase noise eliminator; timing jitter eliminator; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Noise measurement; Optical attenuators; Phase noise; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
