Comparative study of techniques for measurement of linewidth and frequency noise of single-frequency lasers

Bonner, G. M. and Hunter, C. and Jones, B. E. and Warden, M. S. and Thomas, J. W. and McKnight, L. J. and Lagatsky, A. A. and Stothard, D. J.M. and Jones, J. M. and Singh, Y. and Bongs, K. and Karpushko, F. V.; (2018) Comparative study of techniques for measurement of linewidth and frequency noise of single-frequency lasers. In: Advanced Solid State Lasers, ASSL 2018. The Optical Society, USA. ISBN 9781557528209 (https://doi.org/10.1364/ASSL.2018.ATh2A.13)

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Abstract

Measuring the linewidth of single-frequency lasers is challenging, and great care must be taken to understand the capabilities and limitations of different measurement techniques to obtain consistent results. A detailed comparative study will be presented.