Title :
Subharmonic synchronous mode-locking of a monolithic DBR semiconductor laser
Author :
Nirmalathas, A. ; Liu, H.F. ; Ahmed, Z. ; Pelusi, M. ; Novak, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Parkville, Vic., Australia
Abstract :
We report on synchronous mode-locking of a 33 GHz monolithic DBR semiconductor laser using an input optical pulse train with a repetition rate equal to the 20th subharmonic frequency, namely 1.65 GHz. The resulting 33 GHz optical pulse train exhibits very low timing jitter (< 0.21 ps).
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; jitter; laser mode locking; semiconductor lasers; 1.65 GHz; 33 GHz; input optical pulse train; monolithic DBR semiconductor laser; optical pulse train; repetition rate; subharmonic frequency; subharmonic synchronous mode-locking; very low timing jitter; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Master-slave; Optical pulses; Optical variables control; Photonics; Pulse measurements; Semiconductor lasers; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 1996., 15th IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Haifa, Israel
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3163-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.1996.553744
