Title :
A phase coherent near-octave-spanning zero-offset composite frequency comb
Author :
McCracken, Richard A. ; Balskus, Karolis ; Reid, Derryck T.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Sci., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
Abstract :
Using a zero-offset carrier-envelope locking technique, we have demonstrated that multiple pulse sequences of different colors from a femtosecond optical parametric oscillator can be coherently combined to synthesize a near-octave-spanning composite frequency comb.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; light coherence; optical frequency combs; optical parametric oscillators; femtosecond optical parametric oscillator; multiple pulse sequences; phase coherent near-octave-spanning zero-offset composite frequency comb; zero-offset carrier-envelope locking technique; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical pulse compression; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Timing jitter; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
