Title :
Noise characterization of mode-locked laser pulses using second harmonic generation
Author :
Wang, Yong ; Chen, L.P. ; Liu, J.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
fDate :
30 Oct-2 Nov 1995
Abstract :
We report here a method to obtain the noise information on pulse width, intensity, cross-correlation of pulse width and intensity, and pulse timing jitter by comparing the noise power spectra of the fundamental and the second harmonic (SH) from a CW mode-locked laser source. The experimental results of the noise parameters of an active mode-locked Nd:LiYF4 laser system are also presented
Keywords :
jitter; laser mode locking; laser noise; lithium compounds; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; solid lasers; CW mode-locked laser source; LiYF4:Nd; active mode-locked Nd:LiYF4 laser system; cross-correlation; mode-locked laser pulses; noise characterization; noise information; noise parameters; noise power spectra; pulse intensity; pulse timing jitter; pulse width; second harmonic generation; Fluctuations; Frequency conversion; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Noise generators; Optical noise; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2450-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1995.484672
