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Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE

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

John L. Carlsten, David C. MacPherson, R. C. Swanson

Published Aug 8, 1989• 0 citations
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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.

DOI
10.1117/12.951732

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