Title :
Laser phase noise degradation from thermal effects due to pump power fluctuations
Author :
Kolner, B.H. ; Scott, R.P. ; Langrock, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Sci., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
Modelocked Ti:sapphire phase noise below 10 kHz is shown to be susceptible to pump power fluctuations which lead to time-varying thermal changes in the gain medium and exhibit 1/f dependence in the noise transfer function.
Keywords :
1/f noise; laser mode locking; laser noise; optical pumping; sapphire; solid lasers; thermal noise; thermo-optical effects; timing jitter; titanium; 1/f dependence; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Ti; gain medium; laser phase noise degradation; modelocked Ti:sapphire phase noise; noise transfer function; pump power fluctuations; time-varying thermal changes; Fluctuations; Frequency; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser noise; Phase noise; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Thermal degradation; Transfer functions;
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.2003.1224345
