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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 18, Iss. 22 — Oct. 25, 2010
  • pp: 23358–23370

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Optical referencing technique with CW lasers as intermediate oscillators for continuous full delay range frequency comb interferometry

Jean-Daniel Deschênes, Philippe Giaccarri, and Jérôme Genest  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 22, pp. 23358-23370 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.023358


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Abstract

This paper presents a significant advancement in the referencing technique applied to frequency comb spectrometry (cFTS) that we proposed and demonstrated recently. Based on intermediate laser oscillators, it becomes possible to access the full delay range set by the repetition rate of the frequency combs, overcoming the principal limitation observed in the method based on passive optical filters. With this new referencing technique, the maximum spectral resolution given by each comb tooth is achievable and continuous scanning will improve complex reflectometry measurements. We present a demonstration of such a high resolution cFTS system, providing a spectrometry measurement at 100 MHz of resolution (0.003 cm–1) with a spectral signal to noise ratio of 440 for a 2 seconds measurement time. The resulting spectrum is composed of 105 · 103 resolved spectral elements, each corresponding to a single pair of optical modes (one for each combs). To our knowledge, this represents the first cFTS measurement over the full spectral range of the sources in a single shot with resolved individual modes at full resolution.

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OCIS Codes
(120.3940) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Metrology
(120.4640) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Optical instruments
(140.4050) Lasers and laser optics : Mode-locked lasers
(300.6300) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, Fourier transforms

ToC Category:
Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology

History
Original Manuscript: September 9, 2010
Revised Manuscript: October 15, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: October 15, 2010
Published: October 20, 2010

Citation
Jean-Daniel Deschênes, Philippe Giaccarri, and Jérôme Genest, "Optical referencing technique with CW lasers as intermediate oscillators for continuous full delay range frequency comb interferometry," Opt. Express 18, 23358-23370 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-22-23358


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