Title :
Identification of amplitude and timing jitter in external-cavity mode-locked semiconductor lasers
Author :
Mulet, Josep ; Moerk, Jesper ; Kroh, Marcel
Author_Institution :
Res. Center COM, Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We theoretically and experimentally investigate the dynamics of external-cavity mode-locked semiconductor lasers, focusing on stability properties, optimization of pulsewidth and timing jitter. A new numerical approach allows to clearly separate timing and amplitude jitter.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser stability; optimisation; semiconductor lasers; timing jitter; amplitude jitter; external-cavity mode-locked semiconductor lasers; pulsewidth optimization; timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
