Title :
Measurement of record-low residual jitter in 40-GHz monolithic mode-locked lasers
Author :
Larsson, David ; Yvind, Kresten ; Hvam, Jørn M.
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We have performed residual phase-noise measurements on 40-GHz mode-locked lasers. The intrinsic jitter of lasers with 1, 2 and 3 QWs is compared and a minimum of 39 fs is found for the 1-QW device.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser noise; optical fibre communication; phase noise; quantum well lasers; semiconductor device noise; timing jitter; 39 fs; 40 GHz; intrinsic jitter; mode-locked lasers; monolithic lasers; quantum well device; residual jitter; residual phase-noise measurements; Frequency measurement; Jitter; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Noise measurement; Optical devices; Optical signal processing; Oscillators; Phase measurement; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202270
