Noise suppression in Ti:sapphire laser-based electro-optic sampling
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چکیده
We show that intensity and phase noise are highly correlated in a mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser. This allows electro-optic sampling noise, degraded by the combination of 2184 dBc/Hz laser phase noise and birefringent system components, to be reduced 12 dB to the shot noise floor. Two multiorder waveplates can be combined to achieve shot-limited noise while preserving maximum detection efficiency. © 1999 American Institute of Physics. @S0003-6951~99!03148-4#
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