Abstract

A phase-locked frequency comb in the near infrared is demonstrated with a mode-locked, erbium-doped, fiber laser whose output is amplified and spectrally broadened in dispersion-flattened, highly nonlinear optical fiber to span from 1100 to >2200 nm . The supercontinuum output comprises a frequency comb with a spacing set by the laser repetition rate and an offset by the carrier-envelope offset frequency, which is detected with the standard f-to- 2f heterodyne technique. The comb spacing and offset frequency are phase locked to a stable rf signal with a fiber stretcher in the laser cavity and by control of the pump laser power, respectively. This infrared comb permits frequency metrology experiments in the near infrared in a compact, fiber-laser-based system.

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Brian R. Washburn, Scott A. Diddams, Nathan R. Newbury

National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305

Carsten G. Jrgensen

OFS Fitel Denmark I/S, Priorparken 680, 2605 Brndby, Denmark

Jeffrey W. Nicholson, Man F. Yan

OFS Laboratories, 700 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974

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