First CEO beat frequency directly from a 1.5-µm Er:Yb:glass laser oscillator

Author

Stumpf, M.C. ; Pekarek, S. ; Oehler, A.E.H. ; Südmeyer, T. ; Keller, U.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The authors have demonstrated the first CEO frequency detection from a 1.5-mum laser without amplification or compression. The result is a free running CEO beat frequency with an excellent 49-dB SNR and 17-times improvement in linewidth compared to other sources available in this wavelength range. Implementing stabilization with a PLL is straight forward. Further noise reduction can be expected in the near future by improving the packaged laser design, also an increase of the repetition rate into the GHz regime is anticipated.

Keywords

erbium; optical parametric oscillators; optical phase locked loops; ytterbium; CEO beat frequency; CEO frequency detection; Jk:Er:Yb; PLL; carrier envelope offset; laser oscillator; noise reduction; packaged laser design; phase locked loop; wavelength 1.5 mum; Diodes; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser noise; Masers; Optical fiber polarization; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5191971

Filename

5191971