Dispersion, coherence and noise of Fourier Domain Mode Locked (FDML) lasers

Author

Biedermann, Benjamin R. ; Wieser, Wolfgang ; Eigenwillig, Christoph M. ; Klein, Thomas ; Huber, Robert

Author_Institution

Lehrstuhl fur BioMolekulare Opt., Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ. Munchen, Munich, Germany

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

We present a detailed analysis of coherence and noise of the FDML laser, depending on filter drive frequency, detuning and amount of cavity dispersion. The results provide insight into phase and amplitude noise of the laser light itself. We address the following two questions: (1) How much dispersion compensation is necessary for optimum laser performance in FDML for a certain width of the optical band pass filter? (2) How are timing mismatch effects, caused by either detuning of the drive frequency or chromatic dispersion in the cavity of the filter, related to coherence length and noise?

Keywords

laser mode locking; laser noise; light coherence; optical dispersion; Fourier domain mode locked lasers; chromatic dispersion; dispersion compensation; laser noise; optical coherence; optical dispersion; timing mismatch effects; Band pass filters; Coherence; Drives; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Noise level; Optical filters; Optical noise; Phase noise;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192900

Filename

5192900