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Opto-optical modulation of a saturable absorber for high bandwidth CEO stabilization of a femtosecond laser frequency comb

US9680287B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

UNIVERSITÉ DE NEUCHÂTEL · CH

Inventors

Stéphane Schilt · Echandens, CH
Martin Hoffmann · Zwingenberg, DE
Thomas Sudmeyer · Zürich, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 17, 2014
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 17, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01S3/1675
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A laser source that generates an optical frequency comb, comprising a pumped laser medium placed inside an optical cavity that incorporates at least one optically-controlled modulator, a detector generating an error signal, and a modulation optical source that is controlled by the error signal and whose radiation is directed onto said optically-controlled modulator thereby stabilizing the Carrier-Envelope Offset (CEO) frequency and/or the CEO phase and/or the repetition rate of said source.

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