• DocumentCode
    562185
  • Title

    Laser coherence enhancement by extra-cavity parametric mixing

  • Author

    Kuo, Bill P -P ; Myslivets, Evgeny ; Alic, Nikola ; Radic, Stojan

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, San Diego, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    4-8 March 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We introduce a novel approach for laser coherence enhancement through parametric multiplication of the instantaneous frequency variation, thus eliminating the use of highly-resonant cavities. A 300-fold linewidth reduction of a tunable laser is demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    laser stability; laser tuning; light coherence; extra-cavity parametric mixing; highly-resonant cavities; instantaneous frequency variation; laser coherence enhancement; parametric multiplication; tunable laser; Cavity resonators; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser stability; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Mixers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0262-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6192233