ULTRALOW TIMING JITTER IN ELECTRICALLY GAIN-SWITCHED VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS

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PEPELJOGOSKI, P
LIN, J
GAMELIN, J
HONG, M
LAU, KY
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[1] Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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10.1063/1.108646
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We report that contrary to common belief, it is possible to achieve very low timing jitters of less than (almost-equal-to 100 fs) in gain-switched semiconductor lasers, which is comparable to actively mode-locked semiconductor lasers. A vertical cavity surface emitting laser was used to achieve these results, with a gain-switched pulse width of 12 ps.
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页码:1588 / 1590
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