Experimental study of noise properties of a Ti:sapphire femtosecond laser

Author

Ivanov, Eugene N. ; Diddams, Scott A. ; Hollberg, Leo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Western Australia Univ., Crawley, WA, Australia

Volume

50

Issue

4

fYear

2003

fDate

4/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

355

Lastpage

360

Abstract

The fidelity of a coherent link between optical and microwave frequencies is largely determined by noise processes in a mode-locked femtosecond laser. This work presents an experimental study of the noise properties of a Ti:sapphire femtosecond laser. It includes measurements of pulse repetition rate fluctuations and shot noise exhibited by the Ti:sapphire femtosecond laser. Based on the results of noise measurements, the fractional frequency stability of a microwave signal produced by the femtosecond laser has been evaluated.

Keywords

laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; laser noise; sapphire; shot noise; solid lasers; titanium; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Ti; Ti:sapphire femtosecond laser; fractional frequency stability; microwave signal; mode-locked laser; noise measurements; noise properties; pulse repetition rate fluctuations; shot noise; 1f noise; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser stability; Masers; Microwave frequencies; Noise measurement; Optical noise; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-3010

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TUFFC.2003.1197957

Filename

1197957