Title :
Broadband phase coherence between an ultrafast laser and an OPO using lock-to-zero CEO stabilization
Author :
McCracken, Richard A. ; Jinghua Sun ; Leburn, C.G. ; Reid, Derryck T.
Author_Institution :
Heriot Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
Abstract :
Here we describe how by locking the CEO frequencies to 0 Hz, broadband phase coherence between a pump laser and multiple outputs from an OPO, spanning > 0.6 PHz in bandwidth, can be achieved.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser frequency stability; light coherence; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; solid lasers; OPO; broadband phase coherence; carrier-envelope-offset frequencies; femtosecond optical parametric oscillator; lock-to-zero CEO stabilization; multiple outputs; pump laser; ultrafast laser; Broadband communication; Coherence; Laser excitation; Laser stability; Optical interferometry; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0593-5
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801045
