Nonlinear coupling of relative intensity noise from pump to a fiber ring laser mode-locked with carbon nanotubes

• Main Authors: Wu, Kan, Wong, Jia Haur, Shum, Perry Ping, Fu, Songnian, Ouyang, Chunmei, Wang, Honghai, Kelleher, E. J. R., Chernov, A. I., Obraztsova, E. D., Chen, Jianping
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Nanoelectronics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99903; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17635
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Pump relative intensity noise (RIN) has been recognized as a major source of noise in mode-locked lasers. The coupling of RIN from the pump to the output of a passively mode-locked fiber laser (PMFL) is systematically investigated using a pump modulation technique. It is found that the linear RIN co...