BEAM-POINTING FLUCTUATIONS IN GAIN-GUIDED AMPLIFIERS

被引:19
作者
KUO, SJ [1 ]
SMITHEY, DT [1 ]
RAYMER, MG [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV OREGON,INST CHEM PHYS,EUGENE,OR 97403
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.2605
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We report a measurement of the quantum-mechanical beam-pointing fluctuations in the output of a gain-guided, single-pass amplifier using stimulated Raman scattering. The experimental result is in reasonable agreement with a theoretical model that incorporates the effects of excess spontaneous noise associated with the transverse modes of a gain-guided amplifier.
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