Title :
3:1 optical frequency division by difference-frequency mixing in periodically poled lithium niobate
Author :
Nee, P. ; Wong, N.C.
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We report on the demonstration of optical frequency division by 3 via two successive stages of difference frequency generation. Two input sources at 532 nm and 798 nm generated an output at 1596 nm and the mixing between the 798-nm input and the 1596-nm output generated a second 1596-nm output. Both difference frequency mixing stages were implemented in a single piece of quasi-phase matched periodically poled lithium niobate. By measuring the beat frequency between the two 1596-nm an exact frequency ratio of 3:2 was obtained between two input sources. A signal-to-noise ratio of 27 dB was obtained for a resolution bandwidth of 100 kHz
Keywords :
frequency measurement; lithium compounds; measurement standards; optical frequency conversion; 100 kHz; 1596 nm; 27 dB; 532 nm; 798 nm; LiNbO3; beat frequency; difference frequency generation; difference frequency mixing; difference-frequency mixing; frequency ratio; optical frequency division; periodically poled lithium niobate; quasi-phase matched periodically poled lithium niobate; resolution bandwidth; signal-to-noise ratio; Atom optics; Design for manufacture; Frequency conversion; Frequency measurement; Lithium niobate; Masers; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical mixing; Particle beam optics;
Conference_Titel :
Frequency Control Symposium, 1997., Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3728-X
DOI :
10.1109/FREQ.1997.638556
