An experimental and theoretical analysis of jitter in self-pulsating lasers synchronized to periodic electrical signals

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 758-760

  Egan, A ^a   Harley Stead, M ^a   Rees, P ^a   Lynch, S ^a   O'Gorman, J ^a   Hegarty, J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; BANDWIDTH; CALCULATIONS; COMPACT DISKS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOTODIODES; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SYNCHRONIZATION;

AUTO CORRELATION METHODS; AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; BEAM SPLITTERS; CROSS CORRELATION METHODS; FABRY-PEROT LASERS; FARADAY OPTICAL ISOLATOR; PULSE JITTERS; SELF PULSATING LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030173278     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.502085     Document Type: Article

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