Title :
Long-term and Short-term Spectral Stability Characterization of Supercontinuum Laser Sources
Author :
Llorente, Roberto ; Beltran, Marta ; Perez, Joaquin ; Uehara, Noboru ; Khan, Md Saad ; Marti, Javier
Author_Institution :
Valencia Nanophotonics Technol. Centre, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia
Abstract :
A statistical spectral stability measurement technique for supercontinuum sources (SC) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Decorrelating short-term and long-term behaviour, a commercial source with plusmn0.03 dB spectral stability exhibits plusmn0.01dB short-term stability with 89.36% probability
Keywords :
laser beams; laser stability; laser variables measurement; spectral analysis; statistical analysis; supercontinuum generation; long-term laser behaviour; short-term laser behaviour; statistical spectral stability measurement technique; supercontinuum laser sources; Coherence; Decorrelation; Fluctuations; Laser stability; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber couplers; Optical recording; Optical sensors; Pulse shaping methods; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.278898
