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Single-frequency laser phase-noise limitation in single-mode optical-fiber coherent-detection systems with correlated fields

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Abstract

The phase noise affecting the beat photocurrent produced by coherent detection of a single-frequency laser field with a time-delayed and frequency-shifted image of itself in a heterodyne two-wave interferometric system using a single-mode optical fiber is investigated as a function of source spectrum and phase-decorrelation time under the assumptions of quantum laser phase noise and high-local-oscillation level. The influence on the photocurrent spectrum of partial correlation between detected fields is pointed out. These calculations are an extension of a previously reported high-resolution spectroscopic method and account for the phase-noise limitation in unbalanced heterodyne fiber sensors and heterodyne-transmission receivers with an optical reference wave generated from the received signal. An experimental study is reported consisting of a Mach–Zender-type interferometer employing a single-frequency amplitude-stabilized laser, an acousto-optical single-side-band modulator for frequency shifting one of the arms, and several lengths of single-mode optical fiber to decorrelate the detected fields partially. Results are found to be in good agreement with theory.

© 1982 Optical Society of America

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