Open AccessFiber-laser-based difference frequency generation scheme for carrier-envelope-offset phase stabilization applications
Author(s) -
Yujun Deng,
Fei Lu,
Wayne H. Knox
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/opex.13.004589
Subject(s) - optics , photonic crystal fiber , materials science , fiber laser , laser , dispersion shifted fiber , carrier envelope phase , phase noise , polarization maintaining optical fiber , optoelectronics , optical fiber , fiber optic sensor , physics
A difference frequency generation scheme that is potentially applicable to self-stabilization of the carrier-envelope-offset phase is demonstrated for the first time with a fiber-laser-based system. By taking advantage of the unique dispersion of the photonic-crystal-fibers, short pulses at 615 nm can be efficiently and selectively generated with low noise via Cherenkov-radiation in a 23-mm-PCF with a mode-locked Yb-fiber laser. Difference frequency generation between the 615-nm pulses and the 1030-nm output pulses from the Yb-fiber amplifier produces pulses at ~1530 nm, which can be readily amplified by Er-doped-fiber amplifiers. This scheme may provide a new route to a fiber-laser-based CEO-phasestabilized source.