Sweep optical frequency synthesizer with a distributed-Bragg-reflector laser injection locked by a single component of an optical frequency comb

S. E. Park, E. B. Kim, Y. H. Park, D. S. Yee, T. Y. Kwon, C. Y. Park, H. S. Moon, T. H. Yoon

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Abstract

A sweep optical frequency synthesizer is demonstrated by using a frequency-stabilized optical frequency comb and injection-locked distributed-Bragg-reflector (DBR) laser diode. The injection-locked DBR laser acts as a single-frequency filter and, simultaneously, a high-gain amplifier of the optical frequency comb. The frequency instability of the heterodyne beat signal between two independently injection-locked DBR lasers is measured to be 2.3 × 10-16 at 1 s averaging time. The output frequency of the sweep optical frequency synthesizer can be precisely tuned over 1 GHz, and a saturated absorption spectrum of the Cs D2 line at 852 nm is recorded by the injected DBR laser.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3594-3596
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume31
Issue number24
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006 Dec 15

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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