Title :
Measurements of optical mode-linewidth and mode-frequency drift of a mode-locked laser using coherent intradyne-detection
Author :
Gosset, C. ; Gomez-Agis, Fausto ; You, Xiaohu ; Bramerie, L. ; Gallion, Philippe
Author_Institution :
LTCI, Telecom ParisTech (ENST), Paris, France
Abstract :
We propose a time-resolved technique based on coherent intradyne-detection to measure the short-term optical spectral line width and the long-term mode-frequency of a single-mode in a mode-locked laser. Aliasing inherent in self-delayed homodyne technique is avoided.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser modes; optical variables measurement; semiconductor lasers; spectral line breadth; coherent intradyne-detection; long-term mode-frequency; mode-frequency drift measurement; mode-locked laser; optical mode-linewidth measurement; short-term optical spectral line width; time-resolved technique; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
