Tunable dual-comb from an all-polarization-maintaining single-cavity dual-color Yb:fiber laser

Jakob Fellinger (Korresp. Autor*in), Aline Mayer, Georg Winkler, Wilfrid Grosinger, Gar-Wing Truong, Stefan Droste, Chen Li, Christoph M. Heyl, Ingmar Hartl, Oliver H. Heckl (Korresp. Autor*in)

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Abstract

We demonstrate dual-comb generation from an all-polarization-maintaining dual-color ytterbium (Yb) fiber laser. Two pulse trains with center wavelengths at 1030 nm and 1060 nm respectively are generated within the same laser cavity with a repetition rate around 77 MHz. Dual-color operation is induced using a tunable mechanical spectral filter, which cuts the gain spectrum into two spectral regions that can be independently mode-locked. Spectral overlap of the two pulse trains is achieved outside the laser cavity by amplifying the 1030-nm pulses and broadening them in a nonlinear fiber. Spatially overlapping the two arms on a simple photodiode then generates a down-converted radio frequency comb. The difference in repetition rates between the two pulse trains and hence the line spacing of the down-converted comb can easily be tuned in this setup. This feature allows for a flexible adjustment of the tradeoff between non-aliasing bandwidth vs. measurement time in spectroscopy applications. Furthermore, we show that by fine-tuning the center-wavelengths of the two pulse trains, we are able to shift the down-converted frequency comb along the radio-frequency axis. The usability of this dual-comb setup is demonstrated by measuring the transmission of two different etalons while the laser is completely free-running.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)28062-28074
Seitenumfang13
FachzeitschriftOptics Express
Jahrgang27
Ausgabenummer20
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 19 Sept. 2019

ÖFOS 2012

  • 103016 Laserphysik
  • 103021 Optik
  • 103008 Experimentalphysik

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