Title :
Coherent transfer over 1.1 spectral octave with a fiber frequency comb
Author :
Ruehl, Axel ; Martin, Michael J. ; Cossel, Kevin C. ; Chen, Lisheng ; Benko, Craig ; McKay, Hugh ; Thomas, Brian ; Dong, Liang ; Fermann, Martin E. ; Dudley, John M. ; Hartl, Ingmar ; Ye, Jun
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Lasers, Vrije Univ. Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Abstract :
Highly coherent optical frequency combs have applications ranging from broadband spectroscopy with high sensitivity and accuracy, to the spectral dissemination of optical frequency references, where coherently linking the visible spectrum to the telecom band is important for the development of novel ultra-stable lasers in the 1.5 μm spectral region as well as long-haul optical carrier transfer. In this contribution, we report on coherent transfer over more than one spectral octave with a Yb-fiber frequency comb. This represents the largest spectral gap directly spanned between two ultra-stable lasers by a frequency comb to date.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; light coherence; optical fibres; visible spectroscopy; ytterbium; Yb; broadband spectroscopy; coherent optical frequency combs; coherent transfer; fiber frequency comb; long-haul optical carrier transfer; spectral dissemination; spectral octave; ultra-stable lasers; visible spectrum; wavelength 1.5 mum; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943515