DocumentCode
689164
Title
Signal-to-noise ratio of heterodyne beats between a comb and a continuous wave laser above the limit of a single mode
Author
Deschenes, Jean-Daniel ; Genest, Jerome
Author_Institution
Centre d´Opt., Photonique et Laser, Univ. Laval, Laval, QC, Canada
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We propose and demonstrate simple and robust techniques for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of heterodyne beats between a frequency comb and a continuous wave laser beyond the shot-noise limit of a single comb mode.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; laser modes; optical filters; optical information processing; optical noise; shot noise; continuous wave laser; frequency comb; heterodyne beats; shot-noise limit; signal-to-noise ratio; single comb mode; Band-pass filters; Bandwidth; Laser modes; Laser noise; Optical filters; Signal to noise ratio;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6833546
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