Title :
Signal-to-noise ratio of heterodyne beats between a comb and a continuous wave laser above the limit of a single mode
Author :
Deschenes, Jean-Daniel ; Genest, Jerome
Author_Institution :
Centre d´Opt., Photonique et Laser, Univ. Laval, Laval, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate simple and robust techniques for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of heterodyne beats between a frequency comb and a continuous wave laser beyond the shot-noise limit of a single comb mode.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser modes; optical filters; optical information processing; optical noise; shot noise; continuous wave laser; frequency comb; heterodyne beats; shot-noise limit; signal-to-noise ratio; single comb mode; Band-pass filters; Bandwidth; Laser modes; Laser noise; Optical filters; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
