Spectral measurement of the noise in continuous-wave mode-locked laser pulses
Journal Article
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· IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering
A theoretical analysis of the noise of a periodic optical pulse train is presented. It is shown that the amplitude fluctuation, the pulsewidth fluctuation, the pulse timing jitter, and the cross correlations between any two of these three noise parameters can be separately quantified by comparing the noise power spectra of the fundamental pulses and those of the second-harmonic pulses. The noise characteristics of an actively mode-locked Nd:YLF laser are presented to demonstrate this technique.
- OSTI ID:
- 398311
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Journal Name: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 32; ISSN 0018-9197; ISSN IEJQA7
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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