Title :
Efficient direct electrical locking of colliding pulse mode-locked lasers on semiinsulating substrate
Author :
Lee, H.K. ; Qiu, B.C. ; Loyo-Maldonado, V. ; Tan, W.K. ; Bryce, A.C. ; Marsh, J.H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Glasgow Univ., UK
Abstract :
Efficient direct locking of colliding pulse mode-locked lasers on semi-insulating substrates was demonstrated. Low timing jitter of 0.69 ps was obtained under the fundamental hybrid mode-locking (FH-ML) case with an injected RF power of +8 dBm at a repetition rate of 36 GHz.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; ridge waveguides; semiconductor lasers; substrates; timing jitter; waveguide lasers; 0.69 ps; 36 GHz; InGaAs; InGaAsP; InP; InP substrate; colliding pulse mode-locked lasers; direct electrical locking; fundamental hybrid mode-locking case; ridge waveguide based structure; semi-insulating substrates; timing jitter reduction; Clocks; Dielectrics and electrical insulation; High speed optical techniques; Indium gallium arsenide; Indium phosphide; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2001. MWP '01. 2001 International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7003-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2002.981811
