• DocumentCode
    1471228
  • Title

    A phase-locked frequency divide-by-3 optical parametric oscillator

  • Author

    Douillet, Albane ; Zondy, Jean-Jacques ; Santarelli, Giorgio ; Makdissi, Ala´a ; Clairon, André

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. Primaire du Temps et des Frequences, Obs. de Paris, Meudon, France
  • Volume
    50
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    4/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    548
  • Lastpage
    551
  • Abstract
    Accurate phase-locked 3:1 division of an optical frequency was achieved, by using a continuous-wave (cw) doubly resonant optical parametric oscillator. A fractional frequency stability of 2×10 -17 of the division process has been achieved for 100 s integration time. The technique developed in this work can be generalized to the accurate phase and frequency control of any cw optical parametric oscillators
  • Keywords
    frequency stability; optical parametric oscillators; phase locked oscillators; 100 s; continuous-wave doubly resonant oscillator; fractional frequency stability; frequency control; integration time; optical parametric oscillator; phase control; phase-locked frequency; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Optical variables control; Oscillators; Radio frequency; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9456
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/19.918188
  • Filename
    918188