Title :
An octave spanning prismless Ti:sapphire laser as direct frequency comb generator
Author :
Kaertner, Franz ; Matos, Leonardo ; Kim, J. ; Kuzucu, O. ; Schibli, T.R. ; Fujimoto, J.G. ; Ippen, Erich P ; Scheuer, V. ; Angelow, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
An octave spanning prismless Ti:sapphire laser is demonstrated. The octave is reached at 20 dB below the average power level. A highly stable carrier-envelope beat note with 30 dB signal to noise in a 100 kHz detection bandwidth is observed and locked to microwave synthesizer.
Keywords :
frequency standards; high-speed optical techniques; laser frequency stability; solid lasers; titanium; 100 kHz; Al2O3:Ti; carrier-envelope beat note; direct frequency comb generator; microwave synthesizer; octave spanning prismless Ti:sapphire laser; Delay; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser noise; Masers; Mirrors; Optical harmonic generation; Optical noise; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251831
