Ultralow-noise mode-locked optical pulse trains from an external cavity laser based on a slab coupled optical waveguide amplifier (SCOWA).
We report the generation of optical pulse trains with 8.5 fs timing jitter (10 Hz to 10 MHz) from a mode-locked semiconductor laser, with a slab coupled optical waveguide amplifier used as the gain element. This is, to our knowledge, the lowest residual timing jitter reported to date from an actively mode-locked laser.
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College of Optics and Photonics, Center for Research and Education in Optics & Lasers, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816-2700, USA. sgee@creol.ucf.edu
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Ozharar
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Delfyett
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