Title :
Amplitude-noise and timing-jitter reduction via pulsed injection locking of SOA fiber ring laser
Author :
Oiwa, Masaki ; Kim, Jungmin ; Tsuji, Kenichiro ; Onodera, Noriaki ; Saruwatari, Masatoshi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun. Eng., Nat. Defense Acad., Yokosuka
Abstract :
We demonstrate the amplitude-noise and timing-jitter reduction of repetition pulses by the injection locking of an SOA fiber ring laser. Amplitude-noise and timing-jitter are successfully reduced from 3.50~6.46% to 0~2.68% and 0.41~4.07 ps to 0.38~3.07 ps, respectively.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical noise; ring lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; timing jitter; SOA fiber ring laser; amplitude-noise reduction; pulsed injection locking; repetition pulses; timing-jitter reduction; Fiber lasers; Injection-locked oscillators; Laser noise; Noise level; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Ring lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location :
Sydney
Print_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610586
