Title :
Stabilization of an injection locked harmonically mode-locked laser via polarization spectroscopy for frequency comb generation
Author :
Williams, Charles ; Davila-Rodriguez, Josue ; Bagnell, Kristina ; Delfyett, Peter J.
Author_Institution :
CREOL, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
Stabilization of an injection locked optical frequency comb is achieved through polarization spectroscopy of an active laser cavity, eliminating optical PM sidebands inherent in previous stabilization methods. Optical SNR of 35 dB is achieved.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser stability; optical harmonic generation; spectroscopy; active laser cavity; frequency comb generation; injection locked harmonically mode-locked laser; laser stabilization; optical PM sidebands; polarization spectroscopy; Laser mode locking; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical reflection; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
