Title :
Noise of mode-locked semiconductor lasers
Author :
Jiang, Leaf A. ; Grein, Matthew E. ; Haus, Hermann A. ; Ippen, Erich P.
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Analytical expressions for the amplitude, frequency, timing, and carrier phase noise of mode-locked laser diodes (MLLDs) are derived. It is found both experimentally and theoretically that carrier dynamics contribute to the total noise of MLLDs. In addition, we demonstrate how to capture the high-frequency timing jitter with optical cross correlations
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser noise; optical correlation; phase noise; semiconductor device noise; semiconductor lasers; timing jitter; carrier dynamics; carrier phase noise; fluctuations; high-frequency timing jitter; hybrid mode locking; mode-locked laser diodes; mode-locked semiconductor lasers; noise variance; optical cross correlations; passive mode locking; Diode lasers; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical noise; Phase noise; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers; Timing;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/2944.954125
