Demonstration of carrier envelope offset locking with low pulse energy

Opt Express. 2008 Mar 31;16(7):4706-12. doi: 10.1364/oe.16.004706.

Abstract

We demonstrate a carrier-envelope-offset (CEO)- locked frequency comb with 230-pJ fiber coupling pulse energy by using a passively mode-locked Er-fiber amplifier laser. For the generation of an octave-bandwidth spectrum in a highly nonlinear fiber and the second harmonic in a self-referenced interferometer with the lower pulse energy, we use a tellurite photonic crystal fiber and a direct-bonded quasi-phasematched LiNbO3 ridge waveguide, respectively. Our method is feasible for locking the CEO with a lower pulse energy to obtain a low-noise and highaccuracy optical frequency comb at telecommunications wavelengths.

MeSH terms

  • Energy Transfer
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Fiber Optic Technology / instrumentation*
  • Filtration / instrumentation*
  • Filtration / methods
  • Lasers*
  • Niobium / chemistry*
  • Oxides / chemistry*
  • Telecommunications / instrumentation*

Substances

  • Oxides
  • Niobium
  • lithium niobate