Intracavity dispersion effect on timing jitter of ultralow noise mode-locked semiconductor based external-cavity laser

    Authors

    S. Gee; S. Ozharar; J. J. Plant; P. W. Juodawlkis;P. J. Delfyett

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    Abstract

    We report the generation of optical pulse trains with 380 as of residual timing jitter (1 Hz-1 MHz) from a mode-locked external-cavity semiconductor laser, through a combination of optimizing the intracavity dispersion and utilizing a high-power, low-noise InGaAsP quantum-well slab-coupled optical waveguide amplifier gain medium. This is, to our knowledge, the lowest residual timing jitter reported to date from an actively mode-locked laser. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    34

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2009

    Document Type

    Article

    First Page

    238

    Last Page

    240

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000263755800005

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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