Quantum-limited timing jitter in actively modelocked lasers

Author

Grein, M.E. ; Jiang, L.A. ; Haus, H.A. ; Ippen, E.P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

2003

fDate

14-16 July 2003

Abstract

The quantum-limited timing jitter of actively modelocked lasers is set by the balance between amplified spontaneous emission and restoring forces provided by modulation and optical filtering. We present theory and experimental results for a fiber laser and an external-cavity semiconductor laser. We also show a scheme for reducing timing jitter using GVD and phase modulation.

Keywords

fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical dispersion; optical fibre communication; optical filters; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; phase modulation; semiconductor lasers; time division multiplexing; timing jitter; GVD; amplified spontaneous emission; external-cavity semiconductor laser; fiber laser; group-velocity dispersion; modelocked lasers; modulation; optical filtering; phase modulation; quantum-limited timing jitter; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical fiber filters; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Semiconductor lasers; Spontaneous emission; Stimulated emission; Timing jitter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Holey Fibers and Photonic Crystals/Polarization Mode Dispersion/Photonics Time/Frequency Measurement and Control, 2003 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7982-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.2003.1224331

Filename

1224331