AN IMPROVED DELAYED SELF-HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETER FOR LINEWIDTH MEASUREMENTS

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作者
DAWSON, JW
PARK, N
VAHALA, KJ
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[1] Department of Applied Physics., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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10.1109/68.157150
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We demonstrate a delayed self-heterodyne interferometer with a recirculating delay, in which loss is partially compensated by an erbium-doped fiber amplifier. A resolution limit of 606 Hz is achieved with an 11 km fiber delay line, as compared to 18.2 kHz for the standard single-pass case. The possible effect of spectral broadening due to amplifier noise is considered and found to have a negligible effect on the system performance.
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