• DocumentCode
    2863293
  • Title

    Supermode suppression and frequency locking of a harmonically modelocked laser by external optical injection

  • Author

    Quinlan, F.J. ; Gee, S. ; Ozharar, S. ; Delfyett, P.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Res. in Opt.&Lasers, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on supermode noise suppression of a harmonically modelocked laser by CW optical injection. Supermode noise spurs were reduced 20 dB to -130 dBc/Hz, and the optical spectrum became locked to the injected wavelength.
  • Keywords
    laser mode locking; laser noise; semiconductor lasers; external optical injection; frequency locking; harmonically modelocked laser; optical spectrum; supermode suppression; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser noise; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical saturation; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers; (140.3520) Injection-locked lasers; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (140.5960) Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627742
  • Filename
    4627742