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access icon free Timing phase noise reduction of modelocked quantum-dot lasers by time-delayed optoelectronic feedback

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A novel optoelectronic-feedback stabilisation scheme for passively modelocked semiconductor lasers is demonstrated. By electrical modulation of the absorber section with a signal directly obtained from the time-delayed optical laser output, a significant broadband reduction of timing phase noise (TPN) is achieved without the use of a reference oscillator. The similarity to TPN measurement results obtained by an all-optical feedback configuration suggests that the presented optoelectronic and the all-optical feedback configuration are based on a common underlying TPN reduction mechanism.

Inspec keywords: laser mode locking; phase noise; quantum dot lasers; laser noise; optical saturable absorption

Other keywords: time-delayed optical laser output; all-optical feedback configuration; absorber section; electrical modulation; mode locked quantum-dot lasers; opto-electronic-feedback stabilisation; broadband reduction; time-delayed opto-electronic feedback; passively mode locked semiconductor lasers; timing phase noise reduction; TPN measurement

Subjects: Semiconductor lasers; Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Lasing action in semiconductors; Optical saturation and related effects; Design of specific laser systems; Optical transient phenomena, self-induced transparency, optical saturation and related effects; Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning

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