TY - JOUR
T1 - Using a passive fiber ring cavity to generate shot-noise-limited laser light for low-power quantum optics applications
AU - Gray, Malcolm B.
AU - Chow, Jong H.
AU - McKenzie, Kirk
AU - McClelland, David E.
PY - 2007/7/15
Y1 - 2007/7/15
N2 - High-stability single-frequency fiber lasers typically exhibit relative intensity noise that is far in excess of shot noise across a broad frequency range extending from dc to many tens of megahertz. This excess noise precludes the use of these fiber lasers in a range of precision interferometry and quantum optics applications. We present experimental results using a passive, high Q, fiber ring resonator to filter out up to 26 dB of excess laser intensity noise, resulting in a stabilized laser output that reaches the shot-noise limit over most of its signal spectrum.
AB - High-stability single-frequency fiber lasers typically exhibit relative intensity noise that is far in excess of shot noise across a broad frequency range extending from dc to many tens of megahertz. This excess noise precludes the use of these fiber lasers in a range of precision interferometry and quantum optics applications. We present experimental results using a passive, high Q, fiber ring resonator to filter out up to 26 dB of excess laser intensity noise, resulting in a stabilized laser output that reaches the shot-noise limit over most of its signal spectrum.
KW - Laser noise suppression
KW - Passive fiber resonator
KW - Passive fiber ring cavity (FRC)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34447331002&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/LPT.2007.899466
DO - 10.1109/LPT.2007.899466
M3 - Article
SN - 1041-1135
VL - 19
SP - 1063
EP - 1065
JO - IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
JF - IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
IS - 14
ER -