Title :
Stable broadband all-optical pulse generation with 1 Hz phase noise
Author :
Fangxin Li ; Helmy, Amr S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Feedback-free, RF-free, long-term stable, all optical, short pulse generation utilizing gain-induced FWM is demonstrated. The approach utilizes passive mode-locked (10 MHz) laser injection locking DFBs to provide pulses with a phase noise of 1 Hz.
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; laser mode locking; laser modes; laser noise; optical pulse generation; phase noise; semiconductor optical amplifiers; frequency 1 Hz; frequency 10 MHz; gain-induced FWM; passive mode-locked laser injection locking DFB; phase noise; stable broadband all-optical pulse generation; Injection-locked oscillators; Microwave photonics; Noise; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Pulse generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
