Femtosecond optical parametric oscillator frequency combs. (3rd September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kobayashi, Yohei; Torizuka, Kenji; Marandi, Alireza; Byer, Robert L; McCracken, Richard A; Zhang, Zhaowei; Reid, Derryck T
• Is Part Of: Journal of optics. Volume 17:Number 9(2015:Sep.)
• Publication Date: 2015-09-03
• Subjects: frequency combs -- optical parametric oscillators -- femtosecond lasers; Optics -- Periodicals; 535.05
• DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/17/9/094010
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2040-8978

Abstract

Abstract: Techniques to measure and manipulate the carrier-envelope phase within femtosecond optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) allow their outputs to be stabilized in a way that produces a frequency comb structure, potentially tunable throughout the transparency band of the gain material. In this review we describe the fundamental principles of phase control, on which the development of singly- and doubly-resonant OPO frequency combs is based. We give examples of practical embodiments of such combs, and discuss in detail several applications, including spectroscopy, metrology, quantum computation and astrophotonics.