DIRECT OBSERVATION OF LORENTZIAN LINE SHAPE AS LIMITED BY QUANTUM PHASE NOISE IN A LASER ABOVE THRESHOLD

被引：118

作者：

HINKLEY, ED

FREED, C

机构：

[1] Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1969年 / 23卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.23.277

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

The quantum-phase-noise-limited Lorentzian power spectral densities of Pb0.88Sn0.12Te diode lasers were directly measured. Linewidths as narrow as 54 kHz were observed and quantitatively analyzed. The predicted inverse dependence of linewidth on laser power was also demonstrated. These results were obtained from the beat-note spectra produced by heterodyning the diode laser, operating cw at 10.6 m, with a stable, single-frequency CO2 gas laser. © 1969 The American Physical Society.

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