Title :
Development of a mid-infrared optical frequency synthesizer
Author :
Vainio, M. ; Siltanen, M. ; Merimaa, M. ; Halonen, L.
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Phys. Chem., Univ. of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Abstract :
We propose a method for accurate measurement and generation of mid-infrared optical frequencies. The method is based on a new continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator (cw OPO), which allows a phase coherent link between the mid-infrared region and a near-infrared femtosecond frequency comb. The OPO is tunable from 2.7 to 3.4 μm.
Keywords :
frequency synthesizers; high-speed optical techniques; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric oscillators; OPO; continuous wave optical parametric oscillator; midinfrared optical frequency synthesizer; nearinfrared femtosecond frequency comb; phase coherent link; wavelength 2.7 mum to 3.4 mum; Frequency measurement; Frequency synthesizers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Daejeon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6795-2
DOI :
10.1109/CPEM.2010.5545293
