Title :
Synthesis of coherent optical pulses using a field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-based gradient descent phase-locking algorithm with three semiconductor lasers
Author :
Underwood, Kenneth J. ; Jones, Andrew M. ; Gopinath, Juliet T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate optical pulse synthesis through coherent combination of AOM-separated light by phase-locking feedback from an FPGA. An order of magnitude improvement in phase stability is shown, limited by the noise of the AOM driver.
Keywords :
field programmable gate arrays; optical phase locked loops; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; coherent optical pulses; field-programmable gate array; gradient descent phase-locking algorithm; noise; optical pulse synthesis; phase stability; semiconductor lasers; Cost function; Field programmable gate arrays; Laser beams; Optical amplifiers; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
