Title :
Broadening of femtosecond frequency combs and compact optical to radio frequency conversion
Author :
Holzwarch, R. ; Reichert, J. ; Udem, T. ; Hansch, T.W. ; Knight, J.C. ; Wadsworth, William J. ; Russel, P.S.J.
Author_Institution :
Max-Planck-Inst. fur Quantenopt., Garching bei Munchen, Germany
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The periodic pulse train emitted by a modelocked femtosecond laser can be viewed in the frequency domain as a comb of equidistant modes spaced by the pulse repetition rate. This broad frequency comb can be used like a ruler to phase coherently measure large differences between laser frequencies. With our Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser (pulselength 73 fs, Coherent Inc., model Mira 900) we have shown that the modes of the femtosecond frequency comb are distributed uniformly in frequency space within the experimental limit.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; 73 fs; Kerr-lens mode-locked; Ti:sapphire laser; broad frequency comb; compact optical to radio frequency conversion; equidistant modes; experimental limit; femtosecond frequency comb; femtosecond frequency comb broadening; frequency domain; frequency space; laser frequencies; modelocked femtosecond laser; periodic pulse train; pulse repetition rate; Diodes; Frequency conversion; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pumping; Optimized production technology; Power generation; Power lasers; Radio frequency; Solid lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-634-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2000.906905
