Timing jitter can limit the accuracy of data obtained by optical sampling using repetitively pulsed semiconductor lasers. When the optical sampling is used for real-time analog-to-digital conversion, for example, the maximum allowable jitter is typically 20-40 times less than the maximum permissible pulse width1. Timing jitter in semiconductor lasers has been studied experimentally2,3, but a predictive model has not heretofore been available.
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