DocumentCode
733560
Title
A passively phase-locked Er:Fiber frequency comb: Free-running performance and active linewidth narrowing
Author
Fehrenbacher, David ; Sulzer, Philipp ; Seletskiy, Denis V. ; Leitenstorfer, Alfred
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys. & Center for Appl. Photonics, Univ. of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
fYear
2015
fDate
10-15 May 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
An offset-free frequency comb generated by difference frequency mixing is established and characterized. mHz-level direct locking of the repetition rate to 85Rb and reference-limited linewidth narrowing via an extra-cavity electro-optic modulator are demonstrated.
Keywords
electro-optical modulation; erbium; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical frequency combs; optical frequency conversion; optical phase locked loops; rubidium; spectral line narrowing; 85Rb; active linewidth narrowing; difference frequency mixing; extra-cavity electro-optic modulator; offset-free frequency comb generation; passively phase-locked erbium:fiber frequency comb; reference-limited linewidth narrowing; Bandwidth; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
7184000
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