Title :
Nearly Three-Octave-Spanning Frequency Comb from a Phase-Controlled Femtosecond Ti:sapphire Laser and Synchronously Pumped Optical Parametric Oscillator
Author :
Sun, J.H. ; Gale, B.J.S. ; Reid, D.T.
Author_Institution :
Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh
Abstract :
A repetition-rate-stabilized frequency comb ranging from the violet to the mid-infrared is obtained by phase-locking a femtosecond Ti: sapphire laser and synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator to a common supercontinuum reference.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; optical parametric oscillators; sapphire; solid lasers; supercontinuum generation; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; laser phase-locking; phase-controlled femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser; repetition-rate-stabilized frequency comb; supercontinuum; synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator; three-octave-spanning frequency comb; Frequency synthesizers; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical variables control; Oscillators; Phase frequency detector; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452891
