Abstract

Stabilized ultrahigh-repetition-rate (over several gigahertz) picosecond optical pulse trains are very important for many applications. However, electronic control of such an ultrafast optical pulse is in general not easy because of the frequency limitation of electric signal injection into a device and electronic instruments. We therefore describe a novel method that enables the stabilization of optical pulse trains of over 10 GHz with an electronic signal source of less than 1 GHz.

© 1995 IEEE