Investigations of Repetition Rate Stability of a Mode-Locked Quantum Dot Semiconductor Laser in an Auxiliary Optical Fiber Cavity

We have investigated experimentally the pulse train (mode beating) stability of a monolithic mode-locked multi-section quantum-dot laser with an added passive auxiliary optical fiber cavity. Addition of the weakly coupled (¿ -24 dB) cavity reduces the current-induced shift d ¿/ dI of the principal p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	IEEE journal of quantum electronics 2010-02, Vol.46 (2), p.150-157
Hauptverfasser:	Breuer, S., ElsaBer, W., McInerney, J.G., Yvind, K., Pozo, J., Bente, E.A.J.M., Yousefi, M., Villafranca, A., Vogiatzis, N., Rorison, J.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Efficiency, stability, gain, and other operational parameters Exact sciences and technology Fiber lasers Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications) Laser absorbers Laser feedback Laser mode locking Laser optical systems: design and operation laser resonators Laser stability Lasers Optical feedback Optical fibers Optical pulses Optics Physics Quantum dot lasers Resonators, cavities, amplifiers, arrays, and rings Semiconductor lasers Semiconductor lasers laser diodes Timing jitter
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Zusammenfassung:	We have investigated experimentally the pulse train (mode beating) stability of a monolithic mode-locked multi-section quantum-dot laser with an added passive auxiliary optical fiber cavity. Addition of the weakly coupled (¿ -24 dB) cavity reduces the current-induced shift d ¿/ dI of the principal peak in the RF spectrum (the effective pulse repetition frequency) by more than an order of magnitude, from -39.5 to -2.3 kHz/mA. The rms timing jitter of the pulse train is simultaneously reduced from 1.4 to 0.9 ps.
ISSN:	0018-9197 1558-1713
DOI:	10.1109/JQE.2009.2033255