Timing jitter in passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers

TL;DR

This paper investigates how noise influences the timing jitter in passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers through combined experimental and theoretical analysis, highlighting the impact of dynamical features like wavelength bistability.

Contribution

It introduces a new method combining analytical and numerical approaches to estimate pulse timing jitter in these lasers.

Findings

Wavelength bistability affects timing jitter.

The proposed method accurately estimates jitter.

Experimental and theoretical results are consistent.

Abstract

We study the effect of noise on the dynamics of passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers both experimentally and theoretically. A method combining analytical and numerical approaches for estimation of pulse timing jitter is proposed. We investigate how the presence of dynamical features such as wavelength bistability affects timing jitter.