Progress toward a high-frequency comb with mode-locked lasers and sensor applications

Ladan Arissian; Jean-Claude Diels

doi:10.1117/12.499270

25 June 2003 Progress towards a high-precision frequency comb with mode-locked lasers, and sensor applications

Ladan Arissian, Jean-Claude Diels

Proceedings Volume 4969, Laser Resonators and Beam Control VI; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.499270
Event: High-Power Lasers and Applications, 2003, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

There are numerous applications that require stabilization of mode-locked lasers. Mode-locked ring laser sensors have been demonstrated to have a sensitivity to rotation of the order of the rotation of the earth, and sensitivity to optical path changes of less than 0.01 Angstrom. These performances could be enhanced by several order of magnitude through stabilization. Stabilized and accurate femtosecond pulse trains have also applications in ultrafast communication, where there is a need to synchronize with subfemtosecond jitter independent sources. We have demonstrated stabilization on a short time scale of both the repetition rate and the average frequency of a mode-locked laser, using an ultra-low expansion quartz reference cavity. We will discuss techniques to extend the short term stabilization to long time scales, by locking the laser to atomic lines.

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Ladan Arissian and Jean-Claude Diels "Progress towards a high-precision frequency comb with mode-locked lasers, and sensor applications", Proc. SPIE 4969, Laser Resonators and Beam Control VI, (25 June 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.499270

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