Simultaneous low noise radio frequency tone and narrow linewidth optical comb generation from a regeneratively mode-locked laser

Ibrahim Ozdur; Sarper Ozharar; Peter J. Delfyett

doi:10.1117/1.OE.53.10.100501

29 October 2014 Simultaneous low noise radio frequency tone and narrow linewidth optical comb generation from a regeneratively mode-locked laser

Ibrahim Ozdur, Sarper Ozharar, Peter J. Delfyett

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 53, Issue 10, 100501 (October 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.53.10.100501

Abstract

A regeneratively mode-locked laser with simultaneous low noise radio frequency (RF) tone and optical comb generation is presented. The laser does not need any external RF signal and emits a pulse train at ∼10 GHz repetition rate with a 1.5-ps optical pulse width after compression. The generated RF tone has a signal-to-noise ratio of 121 dB/Hz and an RF fluctuation of 10⁻⁹ over 0.1 s. The optical frequency comb spacing is also at ∼10 GHz and the optical comb tooth has a linewidth of <1 kHz.

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Ibrahim Ozdur, Sarper Ozharar, and Peter J. Delfyett "Simultaneous low noise radio frequency tone and narrow linewidth optical comb generation from a regeneratively mode-locked laser," Optical Engineering 53(10), 100501 (29 October 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.53.10.100501

Published: 29 October 2014

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