Title :
Measurements and simulations of noise imposed on supercontinuum generated in microstructure fiber
Author :
Newbury, Nathan R. ; Corwin, K.L. ; Dudley, John M. ; Diddams, Scott A. ; Weber, Kival ; Windeler, Robert S.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectronics Div., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We present experimental and theoretical investigations of the highly nonlinear and broadband noise that exists on supercontinuum spectra generated from launching femtosecond Ti:sapphire pulses into a microstructure fiber.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; optical fibres; optical noise; optical pulse compression; random noise; shot noise; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; femtosecond Ti:sapphire pulses; femtosecond pulse launching; highly nonlinear broadband noise; microstructure fiber; noise simulations; shot noise; spontaneous Raman noise; supercontinuum spectra generation; Chirp; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser noise; Low-frequency noise; Microstructure; Noise generators; Noise measurement; Optical noise; Supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7500-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159480