• DocumentCode
    1772113
  • Title

    Spectral linewidth reduction of single-mode and mode-locked lasers using a feed-forward heterodyne detection scheme

  • Author

    Watts, Regan T. ; Murdoch, S.G. ; Barry, Liam P.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electron. Eng., Dublin City Univ., Dublin, Ireland
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a novel feed-forward laser linewidth reduction scheme. The linewidth of a DFB laser is reduced from 9.4MHz to 37.2kHz. Sixteen modes of a mode-locked laser are simultaneously reduced from ~20MHz to below 300kHz.
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; feedforward; heterodyne detection; laser mode locking; laser modes; spectral line breadth; DFB laser; feed-forward heterodyne detection scheme; feed-forward laser spectral linewidth reduction scheme; frequency 9.4 MHz to 37.2 kHz; mode-locked laser; single-mode lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Phase noise; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989778
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1772113