The effects of filtering RF source phase noise by a low noise, high quality factor actively modelocked laser on the laser's absolute and relative phase noise

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5346-5355

  Quinlan, Franklyn ^a   Gee, Sangyoun ^a   Ozharar, Sarper ^a   Delfyett, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER THEORY; LASERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

MODELOCKING SOURCE; PHASE NOISE INFORMATION; QUALITY FACTOR; RF SOURCE;

SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

EID: 33745167737     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.005346     Document Type: Article

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