An optical frequency reference fiber femtosecond optical frequency comb with broadband tunable repetition rate

Abstract

The invention relates to a light frequency reference fiber femtosecond light frequency comb with tunable broadband repetition frequency. The comb comprises a hybrid-locking-based erbium-doped fiber femtosecond laser device with tunable broadband repetition frequency, a reference laser locking system based on piezoelectric ceramic, a reference laser locking system based on a pumping current, a computer control system and a temperature control system, wherein the erbium-doped fiber femtosecond laser device is an annular chamber structure and is internally added with an electric control optical delay wire, and the repetition frequency of the laser device can realize continuous tunable broadband. For realizing light frequency reference femtosecond pulse output, rapid and slow piezoelectric ceramics and the pumping current are employed to cooperatively control beat frequency of the femtosecond laser device and two reference laser devices, the rapid piezoelectric ceramics fixing structure which is easy to use is designed, and a temperature control box is further designed to acquire stable beat frequency; the light frequency reference fiber femtosecond light frequency comb has advantages of light frequency reference output, tunable broadband repetition frequency, good stability and small size and further has application potential in the industrial environment.

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Technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the field of measurement technology, and particularly relates to an optical frequency reference fiber femtosecond optical frequency comb with a broadband tunable repetition frequency. Background technique [0002] The dual optical frequency comb measurement system takes two femtosecond lasers with a certain repetition frequency difference as the main body, realizes asynchronous optical sampling in the time domain, and simultaneously completes multiple heterodyne parallel measurements in the frequency domain. It has the advantages of fast measurement speed and traceable measurement results. . However, the measurement advantages of dual optical frequency comb systems rely heavily on laser performance. First of all, frequency stability plays a decisive role in the measurement of dual optical frequency combs. At present, the output laser frequency of commercial optical frequency combs is mostly directly referenced to radio frequency s...

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Problems solved by technology

The reported scheme uses the optical frequency domain reflectometer to indicate the laser cavity length, but the actual operation is limited by the cut length of the fiber, which will bring a lot of inconvenience

In 2004, Washburn et al. and Hundertmark et al. added an optical delay line to the laser cavity, so that the repetition rate can be tuned continuously, but the tuning range is still limited

Finally, femtosecond fiber laser mode-locking stability affects system efficiency

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