Title :
The Quantum Noise Limits to Simultaneous Intensity and Frequency Stabilization of Solid-State Lasers
Author :
Huntington, E.H. ; Harb, C.C. ; Heurs, M. ; Ralph, T.C.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of New South Wales, Canberra
Abstract :
Here we incorporate the coupling between pump intensity noise and laser frequency noise into a linearised quantum mechanical model for a solid-state laser and model the behaviour of that laser under closed-loop feedback.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser feedback; laser frequency stability; laser noise; neodymium; optical pumping; quantum noise; quantum theory; solid lasers; YAG:Nd; closed-loop feedback; coupling mechanism; frequency stabilization; laser frequency noise; linearised quantum mechanical model; pump intensity noise; quantum noise limitation; solid-state laser intensity; Frequency; Laser excitation; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser noise; Optical coupling; Pump lasers; Quantum mechanics; Solid lasers; Solid modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4385865
