• DocumentCode
    3632971
  • Title

    Intensity noise of mode-locked Yb-doped fiber lasers

  • Author

    I. L. Budunoglu;T. Bagci;C. Ulgudur;K. Gurel;F. O. Ilday

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Physics, Bilkent Universty, TR-06800 Ankara, Turkey
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    5/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Intensity noise is characterized at all mode-locking regimes over a wide range of parameters. Onset of noise outburst is reported beyond a threshold pump power. Moderate-power operation is preferable for seeding amplifiers for minimum-noise operation.
  • Keywords
    "Fiber lasers","Laser mode locking","Laser noise","Pump lasers","Optical noise","Oscillators","Solid lasers","Laser transitions","Optical fiber polarization","Optical fiber amplifiers"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2160-9004
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1364/CLEO.2009.CFB1
  • Filename
    5225102