• DocumentCode
    3012412
  • Title

    Quantum-Noise Limit on the Linewidth of Frequency Combs

  • Author

    Ilan, Boaz ; Ablowitz, Mark J. ; Cundiff, Steven T.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of California, Merced
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The linewidth of a mode-locked laser´s frequency comb induced by spontaneous emission, or quantum noise, is shown to obey different scaling laws in the linear-dispersionless, i.e., Schawlow-Townes, nonlinear-dispersive, or pure soliton, and intermediate operating regimes.
  • Keywords
    laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; quantum noise; spectral line breadth; spontaneous emission; frequency combs linewidth; mode-locked laser; quantum-noise limit; spontaneous emission; Frequency; Jitter; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Noise measurement; Nonlinear optics; Optical noise; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Time measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453017
  • Filename
    4453017
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3012412