Mid-Infrared frequency combs a 10 GHz

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作者
Kowligy, Abijith S. [1 ,2 ]
Carlson, David R. [1 ]
Hickstein, Daniel D. [1 ]
Timmers, Henry [1 ]
Lind, Alexander J. [1 ,2 ]
Schunemann, Peter G. [3 ]
Papp, Scott B. [1 ,2 ]
Diddams, Scott A. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] NIST, Time & Frequency Div, Boulder, CO 80305 USA
[2] Univ Colorado, Dept Phys, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
[3] BAE Syst, Nashua, NH 03060 USA
关键词
MU-M; GENERATION; SPECTROSCOPY; PULSES; LASER;
D O I
10.1364/OL.391651
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We demonstrate mid-infrared (MIR) frequency combs at 10 GHz repetition rate via intra-pulse difference-frequency generation (DFG) in quasi-phase-matched nonlinear media. Few-cycle pump pulses (less than or similar to 15 fs, 100 pJ) from a near-infrared electro-optic frequency comb are provided via nonlinear soliton-like compression in photonic-chip silicon-nitride waveguides. Subsequent intra-pulse DFG in periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides yields MIR frequency combs in the 3.1-4.8 mu m region, while orientation-patterned gallium phosphide provides coverage across 7-11 mu m. Cascaded second-order nonlinearities simultaneously provide access to the carrier-envelope-offset frequency of the pump source via in-line f-2f nonlinear interferometry. The high-repetition rate MIR frequency combs introduced here can be used for condensed phase spectroscopy and applications such as laser heterodyne radiometry. (C) 2020 Optical Society of America
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页码:3677 / 3680
页数:4
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