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Dual-comb modelocked laser

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Link, Sandro M., Klenner, Alexander, Mangold, Mario, Zaugg, Christian A., Golling, Matthias, Tilma, Bauke W., Keller, Ursula·2015·Optics Express
DOI 10.1364/oe.23.005521
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In this paper we present the first semiconductor disk laser (SDL) emitting simultaneously two collinearly overlapping cross-polarized gigahertz modelocked pulse trains with different pulse repetition rates. Using only a simple photo detector and a microwave spectrum analyzer directly down-converts the frequency comb difference from the optical to the microwave frequency domain. With this setup, the relative carrier-envelope-offset (CEO) frequency can be accessed directly without an f-to2f interferometer. A very compact design is obtained using the modelocked integrated external-cavity surface emitting laser (MIXSEL) which is part of the family of optically pumped SDLs and similar to a vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL) but with both gain and saturable absorber integrated into the same semiconductor wafer (i.e. MIXSEL chip). We then simply added an additional intracavity birefringent crystal inside the linear straight cavity between the output coupler and the MIXSEL chip which splits the cavity beam into two collinear but spatially separated cross-polarized beams on the MIXSEL chip. This results in two modelocked collinear and fully overlapping cross-polarized output beams with adjustable pulse repetition frequencies with excellent noise performance. We stabilized both pulse repetition rates of the dual comb MIXSEL.

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  • By using the intervals and phases of the IFG, the jitters at the entire time window between the triggers can be corrected using software algorithms, as previously studied in dual-comb spectroscopy.

    “By using the intervals and phases of the IFG, the jitters at the entire time window between the triggers can be corrected using software algorithms, as previously studied in the scheme of dual-comb spectroscopy [33-36].”

    From Jitter correction for asynchronous optical sampling terahertz spectroscopy using free-running pulsed lasers (2023) · cites this paper as [36]

    The Introduction (page unavailable) describes scanning a measurement time window with two pulse trains, and the Experimental results (page unavailable) discuss frequency drift and phase-noise stabilization. Neither passage addresses correcting jitter throughout the interval between triggers from interferogram intervals and phases using software. Searches for interferogram timing, phase correction, and software algorithms found no such account in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.70)

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Authors
Link, S. M., Klenner, A., Mangold, M., Zaugg, C. A., Golling, M., Tilma, B. W., & Keller, U.
Affiliations
ETH Zurich (CH)
ORCID
Venue
Optics Express
Publisher
Optica Publishing Group
Published
2015-02-23
Volume
23
Issue
5
Pages
5521
ISSN
1094-4087 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1364/oe.23.005521
OpenAlex
W2055563963
Cited by
150
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8.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Optics Express (publishedVersion)
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Funders
Swiss Confederation Program Nano-Tera.ch
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
Keywords
dual-comb laser, mode-locked lasers, VECSEL, carrier-envelope offset frequency, birefringent crystals

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