Phase and amplitude fluctuations in a mode-locked laser
Journal Article
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· IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States)
Comparisons are made of the phase and amplitude fluctuations of a laser when it operates single mode and when it is mode locked with the same total average power. Despite the much lower signal-to(spontaneous emission) noise ratio of the mode-locked laser, the linewidth of each of the locked modes is the same as that of the single mode. The fluctuation of the total intensity of the mode-locked laser, and the linewidth enhancement factor due to intensity fluctuation as recently analyzed by Henry, are the same in both cases.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- OSTI ID:
- 5950907
- Journal Information:
- IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States), Vol. QE-21:11
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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