Title :
Characterization of pulse timing jitter of actively stabilised 1-GHz vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser producing 500-fs pulses
Author :
Quarterman, Adrian H. ; Wilcox, Keith G. ; Mihoubi, Zakaria ; Elsmere, Stephen P. ; Tropper, Anne C.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Southampton, Southampton
Abstract :
The rms timing jitter of 500-fs optical pulses from a passively mode-locked, actively stabilised vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser was determined by the Von der Linde method to be 350 fs over 500 Hz - 500 KHz.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser stability; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; timing jitter; Von der Linde method; frequency 1 GHz; optical pulses; passively mode-locked laser; pulse timing jitter; time 500 fs; vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Photodiodes; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Timing jitter; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; (140.3425) Laser stabilization; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (140.5960) Semiconductor lasers; (140.7270) Vertical emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
