Record-low noise performance of high-power picosecond MIXSEL

S. M. Link; M. Mangold; V. J. Wittwer; A. Klenner; M. Golling; B. W. Tilma; U. Keller

doi:10.1117/12.2037271

3 March 2014 Record-low noise performance of high-power picosecond MIXSEL

S. M. Link, M. Mangold, V. J. Wittwer, A. Klenner, M. Golling, B. W. Tilma, U. Keller

Proceedings Volume 8966, Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VECSELs) IV; 89660C (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2037271
Event: SPIE LASE, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We present timing jitter measurements of a free-running and actively stabilized modelocked integrated external-cavity surface-emitting laser (MIXSEL) generating ps-pulses around 2-GHz repetition rate and over 600 mW of average output power with <0.15% rms amplitude modulation (AM) noise. The free running rms timing-jitter was 129 fs [100 Hz to 10 MHz] and 70 fs [300 Hz to 10 MHz], which is the lowest timing jitter of a free-running passively modelocked semiconductor laser to date. Actively stabilized to an electronic reference source using a piezo-actuator, an rms timing jitter of 31 fs was obtained, representing the lowest value ever measured from a passively modelocked semiconductor disk laser between 100 Hz and 100 MHz.

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S. M. Link, M. Mangold, V. J. Wittwer, A. Klenner, M. Golling, B. W. Tilma, and U. Keller "Record-low noise performance of high-power picosecond MIXSEL", Proc. SPIE 8966, Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VECSELs) IV, 89660C (3 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2037271

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