Title :
The importance of spontaneous emission noise in dynamic jitter in monolithic mode-locked diode lasers
Author :
Rashed, Atef M. ; Wonfor, Adrian ; Zhu, Benyuan ; Penty, Richard V. ; White, Ian H.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Commun. Res., Bristol Univ., UK
Abstract :
This study has concentrated on the operation of a monolithic 5-quantum well, 4-section mode locked semiconductor laser with an integrated distributed Bragg reflector (DBR), which generates 10 ps optical pulses at repetition rate of 10 GHz at a wavelength of 1.55 μm. An account of the observations and to indications as to how components can be optimised for low dynamic jitter operation is given
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; high-speed optical techniques; jitter; laser mode locking; laser noise; laser transitions; optical transmitters; optimisation; quantum well lasers; semiconductor device noise; spontaneous emission; 1.55 mum; 10 ps; 5-quantum well 4-section mode locked semiconductor laser; DBR laser; dynamic jitter; integrated distributed Bragg reflector; low dynamic jitter operation; monolithic mode-locked diode lasers; ps optical pulse generation; spontaneous emission noise; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Jitter; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Optical noise; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers; Spontaneous emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3895-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1997.645368
