STABLE PICOSECOND PULSE GENERATION AT 46GHZ BY MODELOCKING OF A SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER OPERATING IN AN OPTOELECTRONIC PHASELOCKED LOOP

The authors show that using a phaselocked loop, stable optical pulses can be generated from a monolithic, passively modelocked semiconductor laser. A phase noise of -100dBc/Hz at 46GHz and a pulse width of 1.3p s are achieved, and the limits of the pulse stability using this appro ach are discussed.