Reduction of phase noise in passively mode-locked lasers

Author

Walker, D.R. ; Crust, D.W. ; Sleat, W.E. ; Sibbett, Wilson

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. & Astron., St. Andrews Univ., Fife, UK

Volume

28

Issue

1

fYear

1992

fDate

1/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

289

Lastpage

296

Abstract

The phase noise of a colliding-pulse mode-locked ring dye laser and a coupled-cavity mode-locked color-center laser has been reduced by up to two orders of magnitude in the 50-500 Hz range by referencing the cavity frequency of the optical resonators to that of an electronic oscillator. Using this technique a common reference is available to provide a direct electronic signal to the deflection electronics of a synchroscan streak camera so that real-time phase error detection can be achieved

Keywords

feedback; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; random noise; 50 to 500 Hz; CPM; cavity frequency; colliding-pulse mode-locked ring dye laser; coupled-cavity mode-locked color-center laser; deflection electronics; direct electronic signal; electronic oscillator; frequency referencing; noise reduction; optical resonators; passively mode-locked lasers; phase noise; real-time phase error detection; synchroscan streak camera; Cameras; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Optical coupling; Optical resonators; Phase detection; Phase noise; Ring lasers; Ring oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.119526

Filename

119526