Frequency-stabilized lasers for multifrequency optical communications: work done at Universite Laval

Michel Tetu; Christine Latrasse; Marc Breton; Martin Guy; Claude Gamache; Michel Poulin; Jeff Cliche; M. Poirier; Pierre Tremblay; Michel A. Duguay; Bernard Villeneuve

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26 April 1995 Frequency-stabilized lasers for multifrequency optical communications: work done at Universite Laval

Michel Tetu, Christine Latrasse, Marc Breton, Martin Guy, Claude Gamache, Michel Poulin, Jeff Cliche, M. Poirier, Pierre Tremblay, Michel A. Duguay, Bernard Villeneuve

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Proceedings Volume 2378, Laser Frequency Stabilization and Noise Reduction; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208232
Event: Photonics West '95, 1995, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We have undertaken a research directed to the realization of frequency-stabilized lasers for multifrequency optical communications in the 375 THz, 229 THz, and 193 THz (0.8, 1.3, and 1.55 micrometers ) bands. In this paper, we present an overview of our latest results in the 1.55 micrometers band. We compare the performance of optical frequency references based on lasers frequency-locked to acetylene molecules and rubidium atoms. The absolute vales and the frequency stability improvements are discussed. We also present techniques to transfer those performance to multiple frequencies for multifrequency communication systems. We study the use of an absolutely calibrated multimode Fabry-Perot optical resonator with transmission peals set at exact multiples of 100 GHz. We also study the use of a calibrated wavemeter based on a sum-frequency surface emitting multilayered nonlinear crystal to allow the precise tuning at any frequency in the vicinity of an absolute optical frequency standard.

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Michel Tetu, Christine Latrasse, Marc Breton, Martin Guy, Claude Gamache, Michel Poulin, Jeff Cliche, M. Poirier, Pierre Tremblay, Michel A. Duguay, and Bernard Villeneuve "Frequency-stabilized lasers for multifrequency optical communications: work done at Universite Laval", Proc. SPIE 2378, Laser Frequency Stabilization and Noise Reduction, (26 April 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208232

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