Measurement Of Quantum Fluctuations In The Single Shot Stokes Linewidth In Stimulated Raman Scattering

J. L. Carlsten; D C MacPherson; R. C. Swanson

doi:10.1117/12.951732

8 August 1989 Measurement Of Quantum Fluctuations In The Single Shot Stokes Linewidth In Stimulated Raman Scattering

J. L. Carlsten, D C MacPherson, R. C. Swanson

Proceedings Volume 1060, Nonlinear Optical Beam Manipulation and High Energy Beam Propagation Through the Atmosphere; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951732
Event: OE/LASE '89, 1989, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Measurements on soliton decay in stimulated Raman scattering have led to the study of frequency fluctuations in the single shot Stokes linewidth. These spectral measurements show that the spectrum of a single shot can be considerably narrower than the gain narrowed profile predicted by quantum mechanics for the ensemble average. However when spectra of many shots are averaged together the predicted result is recovered. The fluctuations seen are thought to be related to the quantum fluctuations associated with the initiating spontaneous emission. Theoretical results based on coherent mode theory are shown to be in agreement with the data.

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J. L. Carlsten, D C MacPherson, and R. C. Swanson "Measurement Of Quantum Fluctuations In The Single Shot Stokes Linewidth In Stimulated Raman Scattering", Proc. SPIE 1060, Nonlinear Optical Beam Manipulation and High Energy Beam Propagation Through the Atmosphere, (8 August 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951732

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