Noise in pulsed injection locking of a passively modelocked laser

Journal Article · Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996 · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/3.493003· OSTI ID:253664

Margalit, M; Orenstein, M ^[1]; Haus, H A ^[2]

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1. Technion-Israel Inst. of Tech., Haifa (Israel). Dept. of Electrical Engineering
2. Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

In this paper, noise effects related to pulsed injection locking of a passively modelocked laser (PML) are analyzed. A set of nonlinear equations, derived from a soliton perturbation method, is used to describe the modelocked laser pulse evolution, under injection locking. The equations are linearized, and the stability of the injection locked solution is studied. Subsequently, the linear equations are employed to describe the coupling of both the injected signal noise and the internal noise, to the locked pulses. Noise reduction due to the injection process is demonstrated, with important implications for all optical signal regeneration and synchronization.

• OSTI ID: 253664
• Journal Information: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Journal Name: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 32; ISSN 0018-9197; ISSN IEJQA7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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LASER RADIATION
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