Title :
Amplitude noise on supercontinuum generated in microstructure fiber: measurements and simulations
Author :
Newbury, N.R. ; Korwin, K.L. ; Diddams, S.A. ; Washburn, B.R. ; Dudley, J.M. ; Coen, S. ; Windeler, R.S.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
Supercontinua generated in microstructure fiber can exhibit significant excess amplitude noise. We present experimental and numerical studies of the origins of this excess noise and its dependence on the input laser pulse parameters.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser noise; micro-optics; optical fibres; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; amplitude noise; laser pulse parameters; microstructure fiber; supercontinuum; Fiber lasers; Laser noise; Low-frequency noise; Microstructure; Noise generators; Noise level; Noise measurement; Optical noise; Optical pulses; Supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Holey Fibers and Photonic Crystals/Polarization Mode Dispersion/Photonics Time/Frequency Measurement and Control, 2003 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7982-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2003.1224344
