Self-stabilization of an actively mode-locked semiconductor-based fiber-ring laser for ultralow jitter

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 498-500

  Gee, S ^a   Ozharar, S ^a   Quinlan, F ^a   Plant, J J ^b   Juodawlkis, P W ^b   Delfyett, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Harmonic mode locking; Phase locked loops (PLL)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FIBER LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; TIMING JITTER;

HARMONIC MODE LOCKING; NOISE SUPPRESSION BANDWIDTH; SELF-STABILIZED LASER; SEMICONDUCTOR-BASED FIBER-RING LASER; ULTRALOW JITTER;

RING LASERS;

EID: 34047214819     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.892902     Document Type: Article

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