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

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

30 Oct-2 Nov 1995

Firstpage

216

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1995.484672

Filename

484672