• DocumentCode
    732976
  • Title

    Timing jitter reduction of a passively mode-locked external-cavity semiconductor laser via repetition rate transitions and optical feedback

  • Author

    Rauch, Simon ; Drzewietzki, Lukas ; Klehr, Andreas ; Sacher, Joachim ; Elsaser, Wolfgang ; Breuer, Stefan

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Appl. Phys., Tech. Univ. Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We investigate experimentally the influence of harmonic mode-locking and optical feedback on the timing jitter of a passively mode-locked external-cavity diode laser yielding a jitter reduction of up to a factor of 10 and we compare the results with numerical simulations.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; laser mode locking; semiconductor lasers; timing jitter; harmonic mode-locking; numerical simulations; optical feedback; passively mode-locked external-cavity diode laser; passively mode-locked external-cavity semiconductor laser; repetition rate transitions; timing jitter reduction; Cavity resonators; Frequency control; Harmonic analysis; Noise; Optical feedback; Optical pulses; Timing jitter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183413