• 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