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
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