Stabilization and timing jitter reduction of 160 ghz colliding-pulse mode-locked laser diode by subharmonic-frequency optical pulse injection

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E83-C, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 966-973

  Arahira, Shin ^a   Katoh, Yukio ^a   Kunimatsu, Daisuke ^a   Ogawa, Yoh ^a  

^a OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Down converting; Mode locked laser diode; Stabilization; Timing jitter

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; FREQUENCY STABILITY; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SCANNING; SYNCHRONIZATION;

COLLIDING PULSE MODE LOCKED LASER DIODES (CPM-LD); DOWN CONVERTING; TIMING JITTER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0034195996     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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