title: Effect of dynamical instability on timing jitter in passively mode-locked quantum-dot lasers.
abstract: We study the effect of noise on the dynamics of passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers both experimentally and theoretically. A method combining analytical and numerical approaches for estimation of pulse timing jitter is proposed. We investigate how the presence of dynamical features such as wavelength bistability in a quantum-dot laser affects timing jitter.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pimenov
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Habruseva
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rachinskii
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Hegarty
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Huyet
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Vladimirov