Title :
Phase locking of a rapidly frequency-chirped laser
Author :
Crozatier, V. ; Gorju, G. ; Bretenaker, F. ; Gouët, J. L Le ; Lorgeré, I. ; Gagnol, C. ; Ducloux, E.
Author_Institution :
Lab. Aime Cotton, CNRS, Orsay
Abstract :
We report on the phase locking of a rapidly frequency chirped laser to a local oscillator. Deterministic and stochastic noises affecting the chirp purity are suppressed, and phase locking occurs in less than 1 mus.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; laser mode locking; chirp purity; deterministic noise; frequency-chirped laser; local oscillator; phase locking; stochastic noise; Bandwidth; Chirp modulation; Delay; Frequency; Laser noise; Local oscillators; Optical interferometry; Phase locked loops; Resonance; Voltage; (120.5050) Phase measurement; (140.3600) Tunable laser;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627833