Title :
Intensity noise of mode-locked Yb-doped fiber lasers
Author :
I. L. Budunoglu;T. Bagci;C. Ulgudur;K. Gurel;F. O. Ilday
Author_Institution :
Department of Physics, Bilkent Universty, TR-06800 Ankara, Turkey
fDate :
5/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Intensity noise is characterized at all mode-locking regimes over a wide range of parameters. Onset of noise outburst is reported beyond a threshold pump power. Moderate-power operation is preferable for seeding amplifiers for minimum-noise operation.
Keywords :
"Fiber lasers","Laser mode locking","Laser noise","Pump lasers","Optical noise","Oscillators","Solid lasers","Laser transitions","Optical fiber polarization","Optical fiber amplifiers"
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Electronic_ISBN :
2160-9004
DOI :
10.1364/CLEO.2009.CFB1
