THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL-ANALYSIS OF INTENSITY NOISE IN A CODOPEDERBIUM-YTTERBIUM GLASS-LASER

Authors
TACCHEO S LAPORTA P SVELTO O DEGERONIMO G
Citation
S. Taccheo et al., THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL-ANALYSIS OF INTENSITY NOISE IN A CODOPEDERBIUM-YTTERBIUM GLASS-LASER, Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics, 66(1), 1998, pp. 19-26
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied",Optics
Journal title
Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09462171
Volume
66
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
19 - 26
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(1998)66:1<19:TAEOIN>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A comprehensive analysis of the mechanisms inducing intensity noise in a single-frequency, diode-pumped erbium-ytterbium glass laser is pres ented. Owing to the energy transfer between the codopant and the activ e material, the Er:Yb laser shows a markedly reduced sensitivity to pu mp power fluctuations, and hence its intensity noise spectrum is mainl y determined by the fluctuations in the cavity losses. The experimenta l measurements confirm the results of the theoretical analysis.