Title :
Jitter reduction by optical feedback of passively mode-locked quantum-dot lasers
Author :
Bimberg, Dieter ; Arsenijevic, D. ; Kleinert, Moritz
Author_Institution :
Center of NanoPhotonics, Tech. Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Noise properties of 40 GHz passively mode-locked quantum-dot lasers under optical self-feedback are investigated theoretically and experimentally, showing five different regimes. We identify a regime of resonant feedback yielding a record RF-line-width reduction by 99%.
Keywords :
jitter; laser feedback; laser mode locking; quantum dot lasers; RF-line-width reduction; frequency 40 GHz; noise properties; optical self-feedback; passively mode-locked quantum-dot lasers; resonant feedback; Jitter; Laser feedback; Laser mode locking; Optical feedback; Optical pulses; Phase noise;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656522
