Development of a Compact, Low Jitter Modelocked Semiconductor Diode Laser
Abstract
This research project was aimed at generating a train of ultralow noise optical pulses from a semiconductor diode laser for applications in optical sampling. Typical optical sampling applications may be similar to that encountered in analog to digital converter scenarios. The performance parameters aimed for in this project would support 12 bits of effective resolution at a sampling rate of 10 gigasamples per second. The results of this effort show that by properly engineering the modelocked oscillator design, the timing stability of modelocked diode lasers may perform on a par of atomic clocks.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA412676
Entities
Organizations
- University of Central Florida