Title :
Ultralow jitter semiconductor based actively mode-locked laser
Author :
Quinlan, Franklyn ; Gee, Sangyoun ; Ozharar, Sarper ; Delfyett, Peter J.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL
Abstract :
We report on a 10.24 GHz actively mode-locked laser with 4.65 fs of relative timing jitter and 0.0365% pulse-to-pulse amplitude fluctuation. Supermode noise spurs for this harmonically mode-locked laser are <-150 dBc/Hz
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser noise; semiconductor lasers; timing jitter; 10.24 GHz; 4.65 fs; active mode-locked laser; pulse-to-pulse amplitude fluctuation; supermode noise; ultralow jitter semiconductor laser; Fiber lasers; Fluctuations; Jitter; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Optical noise; Phase noise; Radio frequency; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279006
