Title :
Timing jitter of 897 MHz optical pulse train from actively stabilised passively modelocked surface-emitting semiconductor laser
Author :
Wilcox, K.G. ; Foreman, H.D. ; Roberts, J.S. ; Tropper, A.C.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
The timing jitter of 2.3 ps 1043 nm pulses from a passively modelocked surface-emitting semiconductor laser has been characterised. The vertical external laser cavity was stabilised by locking the pulse repetition rate to an external electronic oscillator at ∼897 MHz. Jitter was measured to be 160(30) fs over the bandwidth 1 kHz to 15 MHz.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; timing jitter; 1 to 15000 kHz; 1043 nm; 2.3 ps; 897 MHz; electronic oscillator; optical pulse train; passively mode-locked surface emitting laser; semiconductor laser; timing jitter; vertical external laser cavity;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20063844
