Stability of an acetylene frequency reference inside kagome structured hollow-core photonic crystal fiber

Author

Knabe, Kevin ; Lim, Jinkang ; Tillman, Karl ; Thapa, Rajesh ; Couny, François ; Light, Phillip S. ; Nicholson, Jeffrey W. ; Washburn, Brian R. ; Benabid, Fetah ; Corwin, Kristan L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A continuous-wave laser has been stabilized to an acetylene transition inside kagome photonic crystal fiber. Stability as measured with a carbon nanotube fiber laser frequency comb is better than 1times10^-11 at 10 s.

Keywords

carbon nanotubes; holey fibres; laser frequency stability; measurement by laser beam; optical materials; organic compounds; photonic crystals; carbon nanotube; fiber laser frequency comb; kagome structured hollow-core photonic crystal fiber; laser stability; time 10 s; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser stability; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Photonic crystal fibers; Probes; Pump lasers; (060.5295) Photonic crystal fibers; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers; 120.3930 (Metrological instrumentation);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224568