Title :
Characterization of timing jitter in a quantum dot passively mode-locked laser at low offset frequency
Author :
Lin, C.-Y. ; Grillot, F. ; Li, Y. ; Raghunathan, R. ; Lester, L.F.
Author_Institution :
Center for High Technol. Mater., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
The timing jitter performance of quantum dot passively mode-locked lasers at different harmonics is investigated. The corner frequency of the phase noise spectral density improves 20-fold under optical feedback stabilization.
Keywords :
laser feedback; laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; laser noise; phase noise; quantum dot lasers; timing jitter; optical feedback stabilization; phase noise spectral density; quantum dot passively mode-locked laser; timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698909