Title :
Extreme reduction of timing jitter in a subharmonic synchronous mode-locked laser diode
Author :
Arahira, S. ; Kutsuzawa, S. ; Ogawa, Y.
Author_Institution :
Opto-Electron. Lab., Oki Electr. Ind. Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Extreme timing jitter reduction less than the master laser pulse´s jitter was achieved in a subharmonic synchronous mode-locked laser diode. This was found to be originated from short term stability between neighboring pulses in passive mode-locking operation.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; laser noise; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; timing jitter; extreme timing jitter reduction; master laser pulse jitter; neighboring pulses; passive mode-locking operation; short term stability; subharmonic synchronous mode-locked laser diode; timing jitter; Bandwidth; Diode lasers; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Q factor; Space vector pulse width modulation; Stability; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 1998. ISLC 1998 NARA. 1998 IEEE 16th International
Conference_Location :
Nara, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4223-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.1998.734233
