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Ultra-low noise dual-frequency VECSEL at telecom wavelength using fully correlated pumping

Optics 2018-12-19 v1

Abstract

An ultra-low intensity and beatnote phase noise dual-frequency vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser is built at telecom wavelength. The pump laser is realized by polarization combining two single-mode fibered laser diodes in a single-mode fiber, leading to a 100 % in-phase correlation of the pump noises for the two modes. The relative intensity noise is lower than -140 dB/Hz, and the beatnote phase noise is suppressed by 30 dB, getting close to the spontaneous emission limit. The role of the imperfect cancellation of the thermal effect resulting from unbalanced pumping of the two modes in the residual phase noise is evidenced.

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@article{arxiv.1812.04192,
  title  = {Ultra-low noise dual-frequency VECSEL at telecom wavelength using fully correlated pumping},
  author = {Hui Liu and Grégory Gredat and Syamsundar De and Ihsan Fsaifes and Aliou Ly and Rémy Vatré and Ghaya Baili and Sophie Bouchoule and Fabienne Goldfarb and Fabien Bretenaker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.04192},
  year   = {2018}
}