• DocumentCode
    2871640
  • 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
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628261
  • Filename
    4628261