Title :
Optical frequency shifting of a mode-locked laser beam
Author :
Duguay, Michel A. ; Hansen, John W.
Author_Institution :
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
fDate :
8/1/1968 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An optical frequency shifter making use of the electro-optic effect in LiNbO3was built to shift the Fourier spectrum of a mode-locked He-Ne laser; the shift was continuously adjustable from -45 GHz to +45 GHz about the central optical frequency of 473.61 THz. Shifted Fourier spectra recorded with a scanning Fabry-Perot interferometer were found to be in excellent agreement with theory.
Keywords :
Laser beams; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical recording; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Radio frequency; Refractive index;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1968.1075377
