Experimental investigation about influences of longitudinal-mode structure of pumping source on a Ti:sapphire laser

doi:10.1364/OE.19.001344

Experimental investigation about influences of longitudinal-mode structure of pumping source on a Ti:sapphire laser

Huadong Lu, Jing Su, Changde Xie, and Kunchi Peng »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 2, pp. 1344-1353 (2011)
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Using a multi-longitudinal-mode (MLM) and a single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) all-solid-state green lasers to be the pumping sources of a continuous-wave Ti:sapphire laser, respectively, the intensity-noise dependence of the Ti:sapphire laser on the longitudinal-mode structure of pumping sources is experimentally studied. The comparison between the theoretical prediction based on the quantum-mechanical model and the experimental measurement for the intensity-noise spectra is presented.

OCIS Codes
(140.3560) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, ring
(140.3590) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, titanium
(270.2500) Quantum optics : Fluctuations, relaxations, and noise
(140.3515) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, frequency doubled

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Lasers and Laser Optics

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Original Manuscript: September 30, 2010
Revised Manuscript: December 20, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: January 11, 2011
Published: January 12, 2011

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Huadong Lu, Jing Su, Changde Xie, and Kunchi Peng, "Experimental investigation about influences of longitudinal-mode structure of pumping source on a Ti:sapphire laser," Opt. Express 19, 1344-1353 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-2-1344

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S. Qamar, H. Xiong, and M. S. Zubairy, “Influence of pump-phase fluctuations on entanglement generation using a correlated spontaneous-emission laser,” Phys. Rev. A 75(6), 062305 (2007). [CrossRef]
D. Wang, Y. Shang, Z. Yan, W. Wang, X. Jia, C. Xie, and K. Peng, “Experimental investigation about the influence of pump phase noise on phase-correlation of output optical fields from a non-degenerate parametric oscillator,” Europhys. Lett. 82(2), 24003 (2008). [CrossRef]
D. Wang, Y. Shang, X. Jia, C. Xie, and K. Peng, “Dependence of quantum correlations of twin beams on the pump finesse of an optical parametric oscillator,” J. Phys. At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 41(3), 035502 (2008). [CrossRef]
T. C. Ralph, C. C. Harb, and H. A. Bachor, “Intensity noise of injection-locked lasers: Quantum theory using a linearized input-output method,” Phys. Rev. A 54(5), 4359–4369 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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M. Tsunekane, N. Taguchi, and H. Inaba, “High-power, efficient, low-noise, continuous-wave all-solid-state Ti:sapphire laser,” Opt. Lett. 21(23), 1912–1914 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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T. Baer, “Large-amplitude fluctuations due to longitudinal mode coupling in diode-pumped intracavity-doubled Nd:YAG lasers,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 3(9), 1175–1180 (1986). [CrossRef]

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[1] P. F. Moulton, “Spectroscopic and laser characteristics of Ti:Al2O3,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 3(1), 125–133 (1986). [CrossRef]

[2] S. Qamar, H. Xiong, and M. S. Zubairy, “Influence of pump-phase fluctuations on entanglement generation using a correlated spontaneous-emission laser,” Phys. Rev. A 75(6), 062305 (2007). [CrossRef]

[3] D. Wang, Y. Shang, Z. Yan, W. Wang, X. Jia, C. Xie, and K. Peng, “Experimental investigation about the influence of pump phase noise on phase-correlation of output optical fields from a non-degenerate parametric oscillator,” Europhys. Lett. 82(2), 24003 (2008). [CrossRef]

[4] D. Wang, Y. Shang, X. Jia, C. Xie, and K. Peng, “Dependence of quantum correlations of twin beams on the pump finesse of an optical parametric oscillator,” J. Phys. At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 41(3), 035502 (2008). [CrossRef]

[5] T. C. Ralph, C. C. Harb, and H. A. Bachor, “Intensity noise of injection-locked lasers: Quantum theory using a linearized input-output method,” Phys. Rev. A 54(5), 4359–4369 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[6] C. C. Harb, T. C. Ralph, E. H. Huntington, D. E. McClelland, H.-A. Bachor, and I. Freitag, “Intensity-noise dependence of Nd:YAG lasers on their diode-laser pump source,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 14(11), 2936–2945 (1997). [CrossRef]

[7] Z. Jing, Z. Kuanshou, C. Yanli, Z. Tiancai, X. Changde, and P. Kunchi, “Intensity noise properties of LD pumped single-frequency ring laser,” Acta Opt. Sin. 20(10), 1311–1316 (2000).

[8] Y. Zhang, Y. Cheng, T. Zhang, K. Zhang, C. Xie, and K. Peng, “Investigation of the characteristics of the intensity noise of singly resonant active second-harmonic generation,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 17(10), 1695–1703 (2000). [CrossRef]

[9] M. Tsunekane, N. Taguchi, and H. Inaba, “High-power, efficient, low-noise, continuous-wave all-solid-state Ti:sapphire laser,” Opt. Lett. 21(23), 1912–1914 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[10] J. Belfi, J. Galli, G. Giusfredi, and F. Marin, “Intensity noise of an injection-locked Ti:sapphire laser: analysis of the phase-noise-to-amplitude-noise conversion,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 23(7), 1276–1286 (2006). [CrossRef]

[11] S. Witte, R. T. Zinkstok, W. Hogervorst, and K. S. E. Eikema, “Control and precise measurement of carrier-envelope phase dynamics,” Appl. Phys. B 78(1), 5–12 (2004). [CrossRef]

[12] Y. Yamamoto, S. Machida, and O. Nilsson, “Amplitude squeezing in a pump-noise-suppressed laser oscillator,” Phys. Rev. A 34(5), 4025–4042 (1986). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[13] A. Lucianetti, Th. Graf, R. Weber, and H. P. Weber, “Thermo-optical properties of transversely pumped composite YAG rods with Nd-doped core,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 36(2), 220–227 (2000). [CrossRef]

[14] L. Fengqin, Y. Lin, S. Yumei, Z. Yaohui, Z. Kuanshou, and P. Kunchi, “All-solid-state CW 12.9 W TEM00 mode green laser,” Chin. J. Lasers 36(6), 1332–1336 (2009). [CrossRef]

[15] Y. Zheng, F. Li, Y. Wang, K. Zhang, and K. Peng, “High-stability single-frequency green laser with a wedge Nd:YVO4 as a polarizing beam splitter,” Opt. Commun. 283(2), 309–312 (2010). [CrossRef]

[16] M. Bouafia, H. Bencheikh, L. Bouamama, and H. Weber, “M2 quality factor as a key to mastering laser beam propagation,” Proc. SPIE 5456, 130–140 (2004). [CrossRef]

[17] L. Huadong, S. Jing, L. Fengqin, W. Wenzhe, C. Yougui, and P. Kunchi, “Compact, stable, tunable Ti:Sapphire laser,” Chin. J. Lasers 37(5), 1166–1171 (2010). [CrossRef]

[18] H. P. Yuen and V. W. S. Chan, “Noise in homodyne and heterodyne detection,” Opt. Lett. 8(3), 177–179 (1983). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[19] W. Yimin, L. Yupu, and Z. Yinghua, “Influence of the pump beam mode in a longitudinally pumped CW Ti:sapphire laser,” Chin. J. Lasers A23(2), 111–116 (1996).

[20] J. Harrison, A. Finch, D. M. Rines, G. A. Rines, and P. F. Moulton, “Low-threshold, cw, all-solid-state Ti:Al(2)O(3) laser,” Opt. Lett. 16(8), 581–583 (1991). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[21] A. J. Alfrey, “Modeling of longitudinally pumped CW Ti:Sapphire laser oscillators,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 25(4), 760–766 (1989). [CrossRef]

[22] C. C. Harb, T. C. Ralph, E. H. Huntington, I. Freitag, D. E. McClelland, and H. A. Bachor, “Intensity-noise properties of injection-locked lasers,” Phys. Rev. A 54(5), 4370–4382 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[23] C. Becher and K.-J. Boller, “Intensity noise properties of Nd:YVO4 microchip lasers pumped with an amplitude squeezed diode laser,” Opt. Commun. 147(4-6), 366–374 (1998). [CrossRef]

[24] H. Nagai, M. Kume, I. Otha, H. Shimizu, and M. Kazumura, “Noise generation in laser diode-pumped solid state lasers due to mode hopping of pumping laser diodes,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Vol. 12 of 1992 OSA Technical Digest Series (Optical Society of America, Washington, D. C., 1992), paper CWG 32.

[25] T. Baer, “Large-amplitude fluctuations due to longitudinal mode coupling in diode-pumped intracavity-doubled Nd:YAG lasers,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 3(9), 1175–1180 (1986). [CrossRef]

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