Optics and Precision Engineering, Volume. 31, Issue 7, 982(2023)

Effect of signal sampling on laser noise based on 3×3 interferometer and phase signal demodulation

Guangbo LI1... Fengping YAN1,*, Qi QIN1, Lingyun ZHOU1, Yan LIU1 and Ting FENG2,* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing00044, China
  • 2Photonics Information Innovation Center, College of Physics Science & Technology, Hebei University, Baoding07100, China
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    A laser linewidth measurement system based on an unbalanced Michelson interferometer achieved using a 3 × 3 coupler and phase signal demodulation is reported in this study. The signal processing section is based on phase signal demodulation technology, which can process the signal in real time and at high speed. Therefore, the frequency noise and linewidth of the laser under test could be obtained quickly. The system features a simple optical path structure, no active control, and stable repeatability of measurement results. However, it is necessary to consider whether the sampled signal contains the maximum and minimum values of the source signal simultaneously when using this scheme. Therefore, the effect on the frequency noise power spectral density of the laser under test is thoroughly discussed with respect to different sampling windows of 0.5, 0.4, 0.1, 0.05, and 0.01 s. Both simulation and experiment show that the amplitude of the laser frequency noise power spectral density calculated by the signal is too high, and that sampling signals with sampling windows of 0.1, 0.05, and 0.01 s do not contain the maximum and minimum of the source signal. A commercial laser with a wavelength of 1.5 μm and a self-made laser in our laboratory with a wavelength of 2 μm are measured using β-separation line method. The results show that the linewidth of the commercial laser in the 1.5 μm band is 5 kHz, with a measurement time of 2 ms. It also shows that this conclusion can be extended to the entire band.

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    Guangbo LI, Fengping YAN, Qi QIN, Lingyun ZHOU, Yan LIU, Ting FENG. Effect of signal sampling on laser noise based on 3×3 interferometer and phase signal demodulation[J]. Optics and Precision Engineering, 2023, 31(7): 982

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    Paper Information

    Category: Modern Applied Optics

    Received: Nov. 2, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 28, 2023

    The Author Email: YAN Fengping (fpyan@bitu.edu.cn), FENG Ting (wlxyft@hbu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.37188/OPE.20233107.0982

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