Quantum noise measurements in a continuous-wave laser-diode-pumped Nd:YAG saturated amplifier

Optics Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1195-1197

  Saraf, Shally ^a   Urbanek, Karel ^a   Byer, Robert L ^a   King, Peter J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTON STATISTICS; QUANTUM NOISE; THIN-FILM POLARIZERS (TFP); TRAVELING WAVE AMPLIFIERS;

AMPLIFICATION; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 20444362022     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.30.001195     Document Type: Article

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