NOISE CHARACTERIZATION OF A PULSE-TRAIN GENERATED BY ACTIVELY MODE-LOCKED LASERS

Authors
ELIYAHU D SALVATORE RA YARIV A
Citation
D. Eliyahu et al., NOISE CHARACTERIZATION OF A PULSE-TRAIN GENERATED BY ACTIVELY MODE-LOCKED LASERS, Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics, 13(7), 1996, pp. 1619-1626
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
07403224
Volume
13
Issue
7
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1619 - 1626
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-3224(1996)13:7<1619:NCOAPG>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We analyze the entire power spectrum of pulse trains generated by a co ntinuously operating actively mode-locked laser in the presence of noi se. We consider the effect of amplitude, pulse-shape, and timing-jitte r fluctuations that are characterized by stationary processes. Effects of correlations between different parameters of these fluctuations ar e studied also. The nonstationary timing-jitter fluctuations of passiv ely mode-locked lasers and their influence on the power spectrum is di scussed as well. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America