Chow, JongLam, TimothyLittler, IanMcClelland, DavidGray, Malcolm2015-12-082015-12-08April 14-10277-786Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/35062We propose active feedback frequency locking of a single longitudinal mode fiber laser to passive, high Q fiber ring cavities, for filtering excess relative intensity noise, thereby producing shot-noise limited light source for sensing applications.Keywords: Computer networks; Detectors; Fiber lasers; Fiber optics; Filtration; Laser mode locking; Lasers; Light; Light sources; Lighting; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Optical sensors; Pulsed laser deposition; Sensors; Active feedback; Fiber laser source; Fi Fiber laser; Fiber resonator; Frequency locking; Intensity stabilization; Passive optical filtering; Shot noise limit200810.1117/12.7857422015-12-08