Fiber-based portable optical frequency standard for telecommunication

Author

Triches, Marco ; Brusch, Anders ; Hald, Jan ; Laegsgaard, Jesper ; Bang, Ole

Author_Institution

Danish Fundamental Metrol. Inst., Lyngby, Denmark

fYear

2015

fDate

10-15 May 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Gas-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fibers are used to stabilize a fiber laser to the ¹³C₂H2 P(16) (V₁ + V₃) transition at 1542 nm using saturated absorption. The fiber is encapsulated in glass cells for gas handling and compact free-space coupling, and packaged in a easy-to-use configuration. The system is showing a locking-point repeatability within 60 kHz with respect to a conventional acetylene vapor cell reference and an Allan deviation below 8 × 10^-11 (τ/s)^-1/2 for 1 <; τ <; 1000 s.

Keywords

fibre lasers; holey fibres; laser frequency stability; optical fibre communication; optical saturable absorption; organic compounds; photonic crystals; Allan deviation; Gas-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fibers; acetylene vapor cell reference; compact free-space coupling; fiber laser stabilization; fiber-based portable optical frequency standard; frequency 60 kHz; gas handling; glass cells; locking-point repeatability; saturated absorption; telecommunication; Laser beams; Optical diffraction; Optical fibers; Optical saturation; Photonics; Standards;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Type

conf

Filename

7183737