Noise in slow saturable absorber mode-locked semiconductor lasers

Authors
Dubbeldam, JLA Lenstra, D
Citation
Jla. Dubbeldam et D. Lenstra, Noise in slow saturable absorber mode-locked semiconductor lasers, APPL PHYS L, 75(8), 1999, pp. 1066-1068
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00036951 → ACNP
Volume
75
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1066 - 1068
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(19990823)75:8<1066:NISSAM>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A theoretical investigation of the influence of noise in a passively mode-l ocked semiconductor laser with a slow saturable absorber is presented. Diff erence equations for the pulse energy and jitter are derived. We find that noise leads to increased pulse durations and considerable jitter. The influ ence of noise, for systems with and without self-phase modulation and group velocity dispersion, on the pulse energy and stability regions is discusse d. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(99)03133-2].