Title :
Mechanical stabilization of frequency combs from laser machined microrod-resonators
Author :
Haye, Pascal Del ; Papp, Scott ; Diddams, Scott
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol. (NIST), Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We introduce piezo-electric mechanical control and stabilization of frequency combs produced in novel, laser-machined microresonators. The residual and absolute 1-second-stabilities of the 33 GHz comb spacing are 5×10-14 and ≤1.4×10-12, respectively.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser frequency stability; laser materials processing; frequency 33 GHz; frequency combs; laser machined microrod-resonators; mechanical stabilization; piezoelectric mechanical control; High speed optical techniques; Laser stability; Microcavities; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Resonant frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358490