Hannover 2003 – scientific programme
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Q: Quantenoptik
Q 23: Superkontinuum in nichtlinearen Fasern
Q 23.5: Talk
Tuesday, March 25, 2003, 15:00–15:15, F442
Absolute frequency comb spanning 1530 to 1570 nanometers — •Jens Rauschenberger1, David J. Jones1, Tara M. Fortier1, Steven T. Cundiff1, and Robert S. Windeler2 — 1JILA, University of Colorado and NIST, Boulder, CO 80309, USA — 2OFS Fitel Lab., Murray Hill, NJ 07974, USA
We investigate the properties of a frequency comb generated at 1.5µm by a stabilized stretched-pulse mode-locked Erbium-doped fiber laser. Stabilization is obtained via optical heterodyne between the frequency-doubled fiber laser spectrum and Ti:Sapphire wavelengths. We demonstrate synchronization of a mode-locked fiber laser to a stabilized Ti:Sapphire laser with a timing jitter less than 13fs, as well as frequency stabilization between the laser offset frequencies. Stabilization of the fiber laser allows for the extension of a frequency comb into the optical communications bandwidth, which has a wealth of applications to both optical metrology as well as ultrafast science.