Title :
Intracavity phase modulation for phase noise and supermode noise spur suppression in mode-locked lasers
Author :
Ozharar, S. ; Ozdur, I. ; Quintan, F. ; Delfyett, P.J.
Author_Institution :
CREOL, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
Using intracavity active phase modulation, we have verified the theory of Haus and Rana and realized timing jitter reduction from 304 fs to 150 fs integrated to Nyquist frequency on a 10.24 GHz actively mode-locked pulse train.
Keywords :
integrated optics; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser noise; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; phase modulation; phase noise; timing jitter; Haus theory; Rana theory; frequency 10.24 GHz; integrated optics; intracavity phase modulation; mode-locked laser; phase noise; supermode noise spur suppression; time 304 fs to 150 fs; timing jitter reduction; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Phase noise; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor device noise; Timing jitter; (140.5960) Semiconductor Lasers; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
