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
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