A low-noise, octave-spanning optical frequency comb generated by a mode-locked fiber laser with an intracavity electro-optic modulator

Author

Nakajima, Yoshiaki ; Inaba, Hajime ; Hosaka, Kazumoto ; Ihara, Atsushi ; Watabe, Ken-ichi ; Onae, Atsushi ; Minoshima, Kaoru ; Kawato, Sakae ; Kobayashi, Takao ; Katsuyama, Toshio ; Hong, Feng-Lei

Author_Institution

Univ. of Fukui, Fukui, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate a fast control of an octave-spanning fiber-based frequency comb with an intracavity electro-optic modulator. The servo bandwidth of both repetition and carrier-envelope offset frequency is greater than 200 kHz.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser noise; optical frequency conversion; intracavity electro-optic modulator; laser noise; mode-locked fiber laser; octave-spanning; optical frequency comb generation; Bandwidth; Electrooptic modulators; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Lasers and electrooptics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Servomechanisms; (120.3940) Metrology; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber; (140.4050) Mode-locked 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

5226195