High-stability 1.5 μm external-cavity semiconductor lasers forphase-lock applications |
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Authors: | Kahn J.M. Burrus C.A. Raybon G. |
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Affiliation: | AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ; |
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Abstract: | Applications using phase-locked semiconductor lasers, such as homodyne detection, require lasers with narrow linewidth and high-frequency stability. The design and operating characteristics of two 1.5 μm external-cavity semiconductor lasers built for such applications are described. The measured beat linewidth is 4 kHz, and the spectral density of relative frequency noise deviates significantly from the intrinsic white spectrum only at frequencies below 4 kHz. It is estimated that this frequency jitter will induce approximately 1.1° RMS phase error in a second-order homodyne optical phase-lock loop that is optimized for the present beat linewidth |
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