Ultralow Noise, Etalon Stabilized, 10-GHz Optical Frequency Comb Based on an SCOW Amplifier

    Authors

    J. Davila-Rodriguez; I. T. Ozdur; M. Bagnell; P. J. Delfyett; J. J. Plant;P. W. Juodawlkis

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett.

    Keywords

    Mode-locked lasers; ultralow-noise pulse-trains; WAVE-FORM GENERATION; INTRACAVITY ETALON; LASER; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Optics; Physics, Applied

    Abstract

    A slab-coupled optical waveguide amplifier (SCOWA) is used to construct a 10-GHz harmonically mode-locked laser with an intra-cavity etalon that serves as a high-finesse spectral filter. The laser output is a frequency comb that is actively stabilized to the transmission peaks of the etalon through a Pound-Drever-Hall scheme. The linewidth of the individual comb-lines is similar to 1 kHz and the frequency instability < 300 kHz over 60 s. The output power exceeds 20 mW due to the high saturation power of the SCOWA. The residual timing jitter of the pulse-train is similar to 1.9 fs (1 Hz to 100 MHz). A much broader comb (similar to 10 nm) is generated after dispersion compensation of the cavity and the output pulses are compressible to < 1 ps. A comparison of the timing jitter of the all-anomalous dispersion and dispersion compensated cavities is presented along with a previous result with a similar architecture.

    Journal Title

    Ieee Photonics Technology Letters

    Volume

    24

    Issue/Number

    23

    Publication Date

    1-1-2012

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    2159

    Last Page

    2162

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000311797700019

    ISSN

    1041-1135

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