Vibration immune fiber-laser frequency comb based on a polarization-maintaining figure-eight laser

Author

Giorgetta, Fabrizio R. ; Baumann, Esther ; Nicholson, Jeffrey W. ; Swann, William C. ; Coddington, Ian ; Newbury, Nathan R.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A frequency comb is phase-locked to a CW laser with an electro-optic-modulator providing 1.6 MHz feedback bandwidth. Residual phase noise is as low as -94 dBc/Hz, and the comb remained locked under mechanical vibration of up to 1.9 g.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; fibre lasers; laser feedback; laser mode locking; laser noise; optical fibre polarisation; phase noise; vibrations; electro-optic-modulator; laser feedback bandwidth; mechanical vibration immune fiber-laser frequency comb; phase-locked CW laser; polarization-maintaining figure-eight laser; residual phase noise; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser feedback; Laser noise; Lasers and electrooptics; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Phase noise; 120.3930 (Metrological instrumentation); 140.3510 (Lasers, fiber); 320.7090 (Ultrafast lasers);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225819