Title :
The optical equivalent to a microwave frequency synthesizer
Author :
Schibli, T.R. ; Minoshima, K. ; Hong, F.-L. ; Inaba, H. ; Bitou, Y. ; Onae, A. ; Matsumoto, H.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
We present an arbitrary optical single-frequency generator based on a femtosecond optical frequency comb. The absolute frequency accuracy is around 1 kHz at 282 THz, the stability is 2·10-14 at 100 s and the tuning speed exceeds 30 GHz/s.
Keywords :
frequency synthesizers; high-speed optical techniques; laser stability; laser tuning; microwave photonics; optical phase locked loops; submillimetre wave generation; 1 kHz; 100 s; 282 THz; femtosecond optical frequency comb; frequency accuracy; laser stability; laser tuning speed; microwave frequency synthesizer; optical equivalent; optical single-frequency generator; Atom optics; Frequency synthesizers; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Metrology; Optical interferometry; Optical tuning; Servomechanisms; Tunable circuits and devices; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202087
