PM noise measurements of an actively modelocked external-cavity semiconductor ring laser at 10 GHz

Tolga Yilmaz; Christopher M. DePriest; Peter J. Delfyett Jr.; Joseph H. Abeles; Alan Braun

doi:10.1117/12.434226

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26 July 2001 PM noise measurements of an actively modelocked external-cavity semiconductor ring laser at 10 GHz

Tolga Yilmaz, Christopher M. DePriest, Peter J. Delfyett Jr., Joseph H. Abeles, Alan Braun

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Proceedings Volume 4386, Photonic and Quantum Technologies for Aerospace Applications III; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.434226
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation, and Controls, 2001, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

A novel approach to residual jitter measurement examines the intensity cross correlation generated by two optical pulses with various relative delays. A relative delay of 25 pulses produces a residual jitter value of 26 fsec RMS for a 10 GHZ actively mode-locked ring laser. The phase noise measurement carried out to the Nyquist frequency offset gives 47 fsec RMS pulse-to-pulse timing jitter. The field correlation measurement obtains a 10 asec RMS pulse-to-pulse optical carrier jitter.

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Tolga Yilmaz, Christopher M. DePriest, Peter J. Delfyett Jr., Joseph H. Abeles, and Alan Braun "PM noise measurements of an actively modelocked external-cavity semiconductor ring laser at 10 GHz", Proc. SPIE 4386, Photonic and Quantum Technologies for Aerospace Applications III, (26 July 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.434226

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