Title :
Mode partition noise measurements of time stretched ultra low noise actively modelocked semiconductor based laser
Author :
Gee, S. ; Ozharar, S. ; Quinlan, F. ; Delfyett, P.J.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando
Abstract :
We report measurement results of the mode partition noise of a temporally stretched ultra low noise modelocked laser output pulse train. It was observed that there are both random and a linear drift of fluctuations among modes.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser modes; laser noise; semiconductor lasers; fluctuations; linear drift; mode partition noise; modelocking; ultra low noise semiconductor laser; High speed optical techniques; Laser modes; Laser noise; Noise measurement; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical pulse shaping; Photonics; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382608
