• DocumentCode
    2094956
  • Title

    Fabry-Perot frequency discriminators: sensitivity, amplitude noise immunity and noise limits

  • Author

    Bava, E. ; Galzerano, G. ; Svelto, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Elettronica e Inf., Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    733
  • Abstract
    Optical frequency discriminators based on Fabry-Perot cavities are analyzed with particular attention to their amplitude-noise response and to the sensitivity limits imposed by the detection shot-noise level. Comparisons between different schemes are carried out
  • Keywords
    Fabry-Perot resonators; discriminators; electron device noise; frequency response; frequency-domain analysis; noise measurement; optical signal detection; optical testing; optical variables measurement; shot noise; Fabry-Perot cavities; Fabry-Perot frequency discriminators; amplitude noise immunity; amplitude-noise response; detection shot-noise level; noise limits; optical frequency discriminators; sensitivity; sensitivity limits; Fabry-Perot; Frequency; Laser noise; Noise level; Noise measurement; Optical noise; Optical reflection; Optical resonators; Oscillators; Semiconductor device noise;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2000. IMTC 2000. Proceedings of the 17th IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • ISSN
    1091-5281
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IMTC.2000.848833
  • Filename
    848833