• DocumentCode
    689021
  • Title

    Comparison of amplitude noise of a fiber optical parametric oscillator and a supercontinuum source

  • Author

    Kiani, Leily S. ; Lu, Ting ; Sharping, Jay E.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Natural Sci., Univ. of California, Merced, Merced, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We show improvement in relative intensity noise (RIN) for a fiber optical parametric oscillator (FOPO) as a function of input power and of wavelength, an attractive alternative to supercontinuum (SC) for nonlinear optical microscopy.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; laser noise; optical microscopy; optical parametric oscillators; FOPO; amplitude noise; fiber optical parametric oscillator; input power; nonlinear optical microscopy; relative intensity noise; Amplitude modulation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Noise; Optical fibers; Optical pulses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833401