Stable Electro-Optic Frequency Comb Generation Using An Ultrahigh Finesse Etalon Filtered Optoelectronic Oscillator

Keywords

Microwave photonics; Optical frequency combs; Ultrafast optics

Abstract

In this work we investigate the overall stability of tunable, broadband electro-optic frequency combs created in an optoelectronic oscillator filtered with an ultra-high finesse Fabry-Perot etalon. Fractional frequency stability measurements show Allan deviations as low as 3E-13 for the comb central frequency of 193THz, and as low as 5E-10 on the 10.5GHz repetition frequency. At timescales of τ = 0.1s, the total frequency fluctuation of the outermost comb lines is calculated to be on the order of 388Hz. Individual comb line amplitude stability is also investigated, and the average amplitude fluctuation amongst all comb lines within 10dB amplitude deviation is measured to be ± 0.22dB standard deviation.

Publication Date

1-1-2018

Publication Title

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volume

10638

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2307024

Socpus ID

85050340201 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85050340201

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