Control of the frequency comb from a mode-locked Erbium-doped fiber laser RID C-4078-2011 RID C-3312-2011 RID B-4974-2009

Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2002
Authors
Rauschenberger, J
Fortier, TM
Jones,D. J
Ye,J.
Cundiff,S. T
Name of Publication
Optics Express
Volume
10
Pagination
1404 - 1410
Issue
24
Date Published
2002/12/02/
ISBN Number
1094-4087
Keywords
femtosecond lasers, generation, link, nm, phase-control, pulse
Abstract

We show that a stretched-pulse mode-locked fiber laser produces a well-defined frequency comb, providing a compact source of frequency combs and allowing comb-based optical frequency metrology to be extended into the 1.55 mum region. This is achieved by comparing the frequency doubled output of the fiber laser to that of a mode-locked Ti:Sapphire laser, after the two lasers are synchronized. The offset frequency of the fiber laser frequency comb is found to be highly sensitive to the pump power, which enables the implementation of a feedback loop to control the offset frequency. The resulting RMS frequency jitter of the heterodyne beat signal is 355 kHz (0.5 Hz - 102 kHz BW) for this initial demonstration. (C) 2002 Optical Society of America.


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