Semiconductor mode-locked lasers are evaluated as pulse sources for high bit rate data
transmission. This chapter describes the requirements of OTDM sources for high bit rate …

Characterization of the timing and amplitude (AM) noise have shown a greater than 20-dB
reduction of the supermode noise spurs from a harmonically mode-locked laser by …

Stability of pulse energy and timing in a passively mode-locked two-section quantum-well
laser is measured. Spectral analysis of the 546-MHz pulse train reveals rms timing jitter of …

We experimentally compare the linewidth of the individual modes of an extended cavity
semiconductor laser when it operates mode locked and when it operates single mode. We …

We report a method that enables an external‐cavity semiconductor laser to be actively mode
locked at multiples of the radio frequency (rf) drive frequency. The key to this method is the …

We report what is to our knowledge the lowest phase and amplitude noise characteristics
achieved to date in a 10-GHz pulse train produced by the active harmonic mode locking of …

We have analyzed theoretically and experimentally the linewidth of the first harmonic of the
photocurrent (radio-frequency (RF) linewidth) in monolithic passively mode-locked …

Time-domain measurement techniques have been applied to the evaluation of pulse timing
fluctuations in a monolithic mode-locked laser diode operating at 20 GHz. The time interval …

Recent experimental work on semiconductor-based harmonically mode-locked lasers
geared toward low noise applications is reviewed. Active, harmonic mode-locking of …

Existing frequency domain models for the active mode locking of diode lasers are
appropriate for antireflection-(AR-) coated devices. This paper presents the first frequency …