Frequency-stabilized Yb:fiber comb with a tapered single-mode fiber

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/25/4/044208

Abstract

We demonstrate a stable Yb:fiber frequency comb with supercontinuum generation by using a specially designed tapered single-mode fiber, in which a spectrum spanning from 500 nm to 1500 nm is produced. The carrier-envelope offset signal of the Yb:fiber comb is measured with a signal-to-noise ratio of more than 40 dB and a linewidth narrower than 120 kHz. The repetition rate and carrier-envelope offset signals are simultaneously phase locked to a microwave reference frequency.

Keywords: tapered single-mode fiber supercontinuum generation optical frequency comb

Received: 25 September 2015
Revised: 03 December 2015
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PACS:	42.65.-k	(Nonlinear optics)
	42.55.Wd	(Fiber lasers)
	42.65.Re	(Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression)

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Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (Grant No. 2012CB821304) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61378040).

Corresponding Authors: Hai-Nian Han, Zhi-Yi Wei
E-mail: hnhan@iphy.ac.cn;zywei@iphy.ac.cn

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Yang Xie(谢阳), Hai-Nian Han(韩海年), Long Zhang(张龙), Zi-Jiao Yu(于子蛟), Zheng Zhu(朱政), Lei Hou(侯磊), Li-Hui Pang(庞利辉), Zhi-Yi Wei(魏志义) Frequency-stabilized Yb:fiber comb with a tapered single-mode fiber 2016 Chin. Phys. B 25 044208

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