Title :
Measuring spectral linewidth of highly-coherent laser using optical injection
Author :
Blin, S. ; Vaudel, O. ; Stéphan, G.M. ; Besnard, P. ; Tam, T.T. ; LaRochelle, S.
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´´Optronique, Ecole Nat. Superieure de Sci. Appliquees et de Technol., Lannion, France
Abstract :
A new method using optical injection is proposed to measure spectral linewidth of coherent single mode lasers. Theoretical model and experimental measurement of a 50 kHz full-width-half-maximum linewidth fiber laser is presented.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser modes; laser variables measurement; light coherence; spectral line breadth; fiber laser; full-width-half-maximum linewidth; highly-coherent laser; optical injection; single mode lasers; spectral linewidth measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
