Mode-resolved 10-GHz frequency comb from a femtosecond optical parametric oscillator

Zhaowei Zhang*, Karolis Balskus, Richard A. McCracken, Derryck T. Reid

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Abstract

We report a 10-GHz frequency comb generated by filtering a 333.3-MHz OPO frequency comb with a Fabry-Perot (FP) cavity, which was directly stabilized to the incident fundamental comb. This result is supported by a detailed analysis of the Vernier-effect-induced multiple peaks in the transmitted comb power as the FP cavity spacing is detuned. Modes of the generated 10-GHz comb were clearly resolved by a Fourier transform spectrometer with a spectral resolution of 830 MHz, considerably better than the Nyquist sampling limit. The potentially broad tuning range of this mode-resolved OPO frequency comb opens unique opportunities for precise frequency metrology and high-precision spectroscopy. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2692-2695
Number of pages4
JournalOptics Letters
Volume40
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jun 2015

Keywords

  • QUANTUM CASCADE LASER
  • PRECISION SPECTROSCOPY
  • MU-M
  • CALIBRATION
  • ABSORPTION
  • N2O

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