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The relative intensity noise (RIN) of a solid state whispering-gallery-mode class-B laser is studied both theoretically and experimentally under different pumping regimes. In particular, we show that harmonics of the spiking frequency are observed in the RIN spectrum. A rate equation model including Langevin forces and the nonlinear coupling between inverted ion and photon number fluctuations has been developed to reproduce the experimental results and to extract relevant physical parameters from the fitting of the RIN spectrum.
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Fig. 1 Experimental setups. a) tapered fiber setup, b) half tapered fiber setup. ISO : optical isolator, AV : variable attenuator, PC : polarization controller, WDM : wavelength multiplexer, PhD : InGaAs photodiode, TIA : transimpedance amplifier, V : voltmeter, ESA : electrical spectrum amplifier. i is the generated photo-current at the output of the photodiode.
Fig. 2 RIN measurement for a broadband pumping. a) Half tapered fiber configuration and b) tapered fiber configuration. The physical and fit parameters are given in Table 1.
Fig. 3 RIN measurement in the case of a narrow linewidth pump laser and a tapered fiber configuration. The physical and fit parameters are given in Table 1.

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