Noise suppression in Ti : sapphire laser-based electro-optic sampling

Authors
Zhang, JM Ruo, RL Jackson, MK
Citation
Jm. Zhang et al., Noise suppression in Ti : sapphire laser-based electro-optic sampling, APPL PHYS L, 75(22), 1999, pp. 3446-3448
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00036951 → ACNP
Volume
75
Issue
22
Year of publication
1999
Pages
3446 - 3448
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(19991129)75:22<3446:NSIT:S>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We show that intensity and phase noise are highly correlated in a mode-lock ed Ti:sapphire laser. This allows electro-optic sampling noise, degraded by the combination of -184 dBc/Hz laser phase noise and birefringent system c omponents, to be reduced 12 dB to the shot noise floor. Two multiorder wave plates can be combined to achieve shot-limited noise while preserving maxim um detection efficiency. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-695 1(99)03148-4].