Title :
Shot Noise Limited Fiber Laser Source by Frequency Locking to a Fiber Ring Cavity
Author :
Chow, Jong H. ; McClelland, David E. ; Gray, Malcolm B.
Author_Institution :
Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra
Abstract :
We present experimental results using a passive, high Q, fiber ring resonator to suppress laser intensity noise, resulting in a stabilized fiber laser output that approaches the shot noise limit over most of its spectrum.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser noise; laser stability; ring lasers; shot noise; fiber laser output; fiber laser source; fiber ring cavity; fiber ring resonator; frequency locking; laser intensity noise; shot noise; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser noise; Optical fiber couplers; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical ring resonators; Optical sensors; Ring lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452586
