• DocumentCode
    1995346
  • Title

    Fundamental limits on low frequency cavity fluctuations in optical fibre lasers

  • Author

    Foster, Scott ; Tikhomirov, Alexei ; Harrison, Joanne

  • Author_Institution
    Defence Sci. & Technol. Organ., Edinburgh, SA, Australia
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
  • Firstpage
    1193
  • Lastpage
    1195
  • Abstract
    We present new experimental measurements of cavity fluctuations in short cavity fibre lasers at frequencies below 100Hz. The measured strain spectral density is less than 1 picostrain/√Hz in a 0.6cm cavity at 5Hz corresponding to an equivalent length fluctuation of less than 10fm/√Hz. We believe these results are the most sensitive measurements of free running cavity fluctuations in optical fibre yet reported.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; cavity fluctuations measurements; frequency 5 Hz; optical fibre lasers; strain spectral density; Cavity resonators; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fluctuations; Laser noise; Optical fibers; Thermal noise;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney, NSW
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1939-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194177
  • Filename
    6194177