An experimental and theoretical analysis of jitter in self-pulsating lasers synchronized to periodic electrical signals

A. Egan; M. Harley-Stead; P. Rees; S. Lynch; J. O'Gorman; J. Hegarty

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An experimental and theoretical analysis of jitter in self-pulsating lasers synchronized to periodic electrical signals

A. Egan, M. Harley-Stead, P. Rees, S. Lynch, J. O'Gorman, J. Hegarty

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We investigate both experimentally and theoretically the behavior of pulse jitter in compact disk (CD) self-pulsating lasers that have been synchronized to an applied periodic electrical signal. Our investigations reveal that pulse-to-pulse jitter in a synchronized laser is almost entirely unchanged from that in an unsynchronized laser under the same bias conditions. The major effect of synchronization is the suppression of long term jitter.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	758-760
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	8
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/68.502085
State	Published - Jun 1996

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