title: Jitter reduction by intracavity active phase modulation in a mode-locked semiconductor laser.
abstract: We experimentally verify the theory of Haus et al. [IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 40, 41 (2004)] on the effects of timing jitter using intracavity phase modulation on the pulse train of a mode-locked laser. The theory is based on the solution of the Heisenberg-Langevin equation in the presence of dispersion and intracavity phase modulation. Using active intracavity phase modulation, we have reduced the timing jitter on a 10.24 GHz mode-locked diode laser by 50% from 304 to 150 fs integrated from 1 Hz to the Nyquist frequency of 5.12 GHz.
authors.affiliation: The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA. sozharar@creol.ucf.edu
authors.forename: Sarper
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozharar
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ozdur
authors.forename: Franklyn
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Quinlan
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Delfyett