Compact, high-power, low-jitter, semiconductor modelocked laser module for photonic A/D converter applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5104, Issue , 2003, Pages 76-87

  Braun, Alan M ^a   Price, Bradford B ^a   Bechtle, Daniel W ^a   Kwakernaak, Martin H ^a   Abeles, Joseph H ^a   Yilmaz, Tolga ^b   Delfyett Jr , Peter J ^b  

^a SARNOFF CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Harmonic mode locked laser; Packaged semiconductor optical elements; Phase noise; Semiconductor modelocked lasers; Supermode spur suppression; Supermode spurs; Timing jitter

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TIMING JITTER;

PHASE NOISE; SUPERMODE SPURS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0344944210     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.498593     Document Type: Conference Paper

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