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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik
Q 28: Präzisionsmessungen und Metrologie 4
Q 28.3: Talk
Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 14:30–14:45, V47.02
Arbitrarily frequency shifting optical frequency combs — Erik Benkler1, •Felix Rohde2, and Harald R. Telle1 — 1Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, D-38116 Braunschweig — 2Cosingno, Imagine Optic Spain S.L.,Mediterranean Technology Park av. Canal Olimpic s/n 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona)
A novel optical frequency shifter based on an appropriately driven electro-optic modulator will be presented. It is universally applicable to optical frequency combs corresponding to periodic trains of pulses. The method comprises well-directed optical carrier phase shifting between subsequent pulses without intrusion into or modification of the comb generator. It offers both wide optical bandwidth (many THz) and agile tuneability (10 THz/s), allowing the lines to be continuously swept from one comb end to the other, following a target temporal frequency evolution.