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 …

Summary form only given. Mode-locked semiconductor lasers may be used for numerous
applications in optical signal processing. We provide an overview on various realizations of …

Very reliable mode-locked semiconductor lasers have been developed. These devices
provide high signal-to-noise ratio optical clock pulses of a few picoseconds temporal width …

The measurement, design, and theory of ultralow-noise actively modelocked lasers are
presented. We demonstrate quantum-limited noise performance of a hybridly modelocked …

Gbit/s based wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) system is becoming a key issue for
long haul high-capacity optical communication, and the optical clock pulse source is the one …

The thesis deals with the design and fabrication of semiconductor mode-locked lasers for
use in optical communication systems. The properties of pulse sources and characterization …

A comprehensive timing jitter comparison is made for mode‐locked semiconductor lasers
using active, passive, and hybrid mode‐locking techniques in both external and monolithic …

We report a semiconductor-based, low-noise, 10.24 GHz actively mode-locked laser with
4.65 fs of relative timing jitter and a 0.0365% amplitude fluctuation (1 Hzto100 MHz) of the …

We report the generation of optical pulse trains with 8.5 fs timing jitter (10 Hz to 10 MHz) from
a mode-locked semiconductor laser, with a slab coupled optical waveguide amplifier used …

The magnitude and origin of the pulse-to-pulse timing jitter that is added to the modulating
source by an active mode-locked laser is discussed. Residual and absolute RMS timing jitter …