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

Zhaowei Zhang; Karolis Balskus; Richard A. McCracken; Derryck T. Reid

doi:10.1364/OL.40.002692

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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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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	2692-2695
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	40
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.40.002692
Publication status	Published - 2 Jun 2015

Keywords

QUANTUM CASCADE LASER
PRECISION SPECTROSCOPY
MU-M
CALIBRATION
ABSORPTION
N2O

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

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