The measurement of an extremely small magneto-optical polarization rotation angle with high sensitivity is integral to many scientific and technological applications. In this Letter, we have presented a technique base...The measurement of an extremely small magneto-optical polarization rotation angle with high sensitivity is integral to many scientific and technological applications. In this Letter, we have presented a technique based on Faraday modulation combined with the optical differential method to measure an extremely small polari- zation rotation angle with high sensitivity. The theoretical and experimental results show that common mode noise is reduced appreciably and signal to noise ratio is enhanced. The effectiveness of this technique has been demonstrated by measuring the Verdet constant of terbium gallium garnet glass and measuring the small polari- zation rotation angle. A sensitivity of enhancement of one order of magnitude has been achieved using differ- ential detection based on Faraday modulation.展开更多
By adopting the gain-noise model of the single-mode laser in which with bias and periodical signals serve as inputs. combining with the effect of coloured pump） noise, we use the linear approximation method to calcul...By adopting the gain-noise model of the single-mode laser in which with bias and periodical signals serve as inputs. combining with the effect of coloured pump） noise, we use the linear approximation method to calculate the power spectrum and signal-to-noise ratio （SNR） of the laser intensity under the condition of pump noise and quantum noise cross-related in the form of δ function. It is found that with the change of pump noise correlation time. both SNR and the output power will occur stochastic resonance （SR）. If the bias signal α is very small, changing the intensities of pump noise and quantum noise respectively does not lead to the appearance of SR in the SNR： while α increases to a certain number, SR appears.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2017YFB0503100)the National Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(No.61227902)
文摘The measurement of an extremely small magneto-optical polarization rotation angle with high sensitivity is integral to many scientific and technological applications. In this Letter, we have presented a technique based on Faraday modulation combined with the optical differential method to measure an extremely small polari- zation rotation angle with high sensitivity. The theoretical and experimental results show that common mode noise is reduced appreciably and signal to noise ratio is enhanced. The effectiveness of this technique has been demonstrated by measuring the Verdet constant of terbium gallium garnet glass and measuring the small polari- zation rotation angle. A sensitivity of enhancement of one order of magnitude has been achieved using differ- ential detection based on Faraday modulation.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 10275025） and Xiang- fan University Natural Science Foundation.
文摘By adopting the gain-noise model of the single-mode laser in which with bias and periodical signals serve as inputs. combining with the effect of coloured pump） noise, we use the linear approximation method to calculate the power spectrum and signal-to-noise ratio （SNR） of the laser intensity under the condition of pump noise and quantum noise cross-related in the form of δ function. It is found that with the change of pump noise correlation time. both SNR and the output power will occur stochastic resonance （SR）. If the bias signal α is very small, changing the intensities of pump noise and quantum noise respectively does not lead to the appearance of SR in the SNR： while α increases to a certain number, SR appears.
