Noise suppression of Nd:YVO/sub 4/ solid-state lasers for telecommunication applications

Abstract

This paper is intended to elaborate on the investigation and suppression of the relative intensity noise of a diode pumped Nd:YVO <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">4</sub> microchip laser. In addition to noise suppression at the relaxation oscillations, noise analysis is also reported. For these investigations a very simple, rate-equation-based model of the laser transfer function was used.