Phase, timing and amplitude noise on supercontinua generated in microstructure fiber

Published

May 17, 2004

Author(s)

Brian Washburn, Nathan R. Newbury

Abstract

During supercontinuum formation in nonlinear fiber the presence of a noise seed on the input laser pulse can lead to significant excess noise on the generated output supercontinuum electric field. We relate pulse-averaged moments of this electric field noise to the measured RF spectrum of the frequency comb formed by the supercontinuum. We present quantitative numerical results for the fundamental phase and amplitude noise on the frequency comb resulting from input quantum noise, including the scaling of the noise with different experimental parameters. This fundamental noise provides a lower limit to the phase stability of frequency combs that originate from microstructure fiber.

Citation

Optics Express

Volume

12

Issue

10

Pub Type

Journals

Keywords

Frequency combs, nonlinear phase noise, optical frequency metrology

Citation

Washburn, B. and Newbury, N. (2004), Phase, timing and amplitude noise on supercontinua generated in microstructure fiber, Optics Express (Accessed February 12, 2026)