Title :
A phase-locked frequency divide-by-three optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate
Author :
Douillet, A. ; Zondy, J.-J. ; Santarelli, G. ; Clairon, A.
Author_Institution :
Obs. de Paris, Meudon, France
Abstract :
We report on the operation of a 3/spl omega//spl rarr/2/spl omega/+/spl omega/ subharmonic doubly resonant optical parametric oscillator (DRO) as an accurate 3:1 phase-locked optical divider of the frequency of a diode laser at 355 THz (843 nm). A fractional frequency stability of 2/spl times/10/sup -17/ of the division process has been achieved for 100 s integration time.
Keywords :
frequency dividers; frequency standards; laser frequency stability; lithium compounds; optical harmonic generation; optical parametric oscillators; optical phase locked loops; optical phase matching; 843 nm; LiNbO/sub 3/; diode laser frequency; fractional frequency stability; frequency standard; optical frequency measurement chains; periodically poled lithium niobate; phase matching; phase-locked frequency divide-by-three; phase-locked optical divider; subharmonic doubly resonant OPO; Frequency conversion; Gratings; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Radio frequency; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 2000 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5744-2
DOI :
10.1109/CPEM.2000.851196
