• 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