Title :
Simultaneous measurement of the optical phase noise of all modes of a mode-locked laser
Author :
Schlatter, A. ; Paschotta, R. ; Zeller, S.C. ; Pawlik, S. ; Keller, U.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., ETH Zurich, Zurich
Abstract :
We present a method to measure the phase fluctuations of all modes of a mode-locked laser simultaneously and time resolved. With this method we characterized the noise of 5-GHz 1.3-mum Nd:YVO4 lasers.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser mode locking; laser modes; laser noise; laser variables measurement; neodymium; phase noise; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; YVO4:Nd; frequency 5 GHz; laser dynamics; laser modes; laser noise; mode-locked laser; noise coupling mechanism; optical phase noise measurement; phase fluctuations; wavelength 1.3 mum; Fluctuations; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Noise measurement; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Phase measurement; Phase noise; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (270.2500) Fluctuations, relaxations, and noise;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628261
