title: Measurement of residual phase noise and longitudinal-mode linewidth in a hybridly mode-locked external linear cavity semiconductor laser.
abstract: We report measurements of the residual phase-noise knee position and longitudinal-mode linewidth of a hybridly mode-locked external linear cavity semiconductor laser as a function of laser cavity length. Excellent agreement between these measurements suggests a direct relationship between rms pulse-to-pulse timing jitter and average longitudinal-mode linewidth. This relationship leads to a fundamental limit in the timing jitter of mode-locked lasers.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Depriest
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Delfyett
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abeles