Title :
Ultralow noise optical pulse generation in an actively mode-locked quantum-dot ring laser
Author :
Choi, Myoung-Taek ; Kim, Ji-Myung ; Lee, Wangkuen ; Delfyett, Peter J.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Abstract :
We report excellent noise performance of an actively mode-locked ring laser based on semiconductor quantum-dot (QD) gain medium. Optical pulse trains with less than 7.5 fs residual timing jitter (1 Hz-10 MHz) at 12.8 GHz was obtained.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; quantum dot lasers; semiconductor quantum dots; frequency 12.8 GHz; mode-locked quantum-dot ring laser; optical pulse generation; semiconductor quantum-dot; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Noise generators; Optical noise; Optical pulse generation; Performance gain; Quantum dots; Ring lasers; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (140.5960) Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628008
