Er-Doped Ultra-Low Phase Noise Optical Frequency Comb

Features

• Turnkey Metrology System; Fully Automated and Fully Fiber-Coupled
• Includes All Needed Optics and Electronics:
  
  • Oscillator with PM Output
  • Amplifier for Octave Generation and Fiber-Coupled All-PM f:2f Interferometer
  • Control Units
  • Phase-Locked Loops
  • Displays
  • Software and Data Acquisition
• High Repetition Rate
• Extension Packages Available from 500 nm to 2100 nm
• Designed for Continuous High-Bandwidth Laser Locking
• Low Phase Noise of <80 mrad (1 Hz - 2 MHz) over the Entire Spectrum
• High Stability of 5 x 10^-18 in 1 s and 5 x 10^-19 in 1000 s
• High-Bandwidth >1 MHz Actuators for Both Carrier Envelope Offset Beat and Repetition Rate
• Continuous Offset Frequency Tuning Possible

Frequency comb technology makes direct measurement of absolute, SI-referenced, optical frequencies possible with utmost accuracy. As one can derive time and length from frequency measurements, these precise tools vastly simplify metrology and enable new directions in physics.

The femtosecond laser is ready to use at the press of a single button, and automatic phase-lock loops ensure easy stabilization to either an RF or an optical reference. Due to the mature system design including several combined actuators, long-term operation on the order of weeks, without adjustment, is possible. With the M-VIS and M-NIR Extension Packages, the system is capable of providing a source for frequency metrology in both the visible (500-1050 nm) and the near-IR regions (1050-2100 nm) of the spectrum simultaneously. A wide range of optional features enables us to tailor these versatile systems for customer-specific solutions.

The FC1500-ULNPLUS Ultra Low Noise Optical Frequency Comb provides system performance and frequency stability between two or more user-defined frequencies at the 10^-19 level. This exceeds the stability of any optical oscillator demonstrated to date, and can be relevant for applications such as optical clocks in quantum sensing and fundamental physics. Our all polarization maintaining figure 9^® mode locking technology, together with high bandwidth actuators (>1 MHz) for both the carrier-envelope offset frequency and the repetition rate guarantee high performance.

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Menlo System Optical Frequency Combs are complete solutions. The modular system architecture allows for easy additions of more functionality to an existing system. Multiple extensions can be combined in a system.

M-NIR Extension Package
Extends the stabilized comb spectrum to a range of 1050 - 2100 nm with free-space output port and >200 mW average power. The measurement port can be optimized independently from the CEO frequency stabilization.

M-VIS: Extension Package
Extends the stabilized comb spectrum to the 500 - 1050 nm range with a free-space output port and >60 mW average power.

HMP High Power Measuring Port
Provides stabilized comb light with highest power at customer-defined wavelengths for high precision measurement of lasers with low power levels (<100 µW). A minimum of 3 mW average power in a 3 nm window is provided at the central wavelength specified by customer. Available for 1050 - 2100 nm (HMP-NIR), or 525 - 1050 nm (HMP-VIS). The output is fiber coupled and optional available as free space.
For 390 - 400 nm (HMP-UV) a minimum of 1 mW average power in a 1 nm window is provided. The output is free space.

P250 PULSE-EDFA: Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifier
All polarization maintaining (PM) amplifier delivers intense near infrared pulses with >350 mW at 1560 nm. Several amplifiers can be added for multiple measurement ports.

M-780 High Power Measuring Port at 780 nm
Output provides stabilized comb light with highest power at 780 nm. Contains an amplifier and subsequent frequency conversion, delivering a minimum of 150 mW average power with a central wavalength in the range of 780-800 nm. The output is free space and optional available as fiber-coupled.

BDU: Beat Detection Unit
Generates and measures the beat signal between the frequency comb and an external continuous wave (CW) laser. Available for various spectral ranges, with free space or fiber-coupled optics, and matched to the customer's laser frequencies.

LLE-SYNCRO: Locking Electronics Unit
Allows locking of an external CW laser to the stabilized frequency comb. Performance has been field tested with lasers from major suppliers.

Microwave Ultrastable RF Output
Ultrastable RF output in the 1 MHz to 10 GHz range. Utilizing a high-sensitivity, high-speed photodetector and a frequency divider where needed.

GPS GPS-Based 10 MHz Frequency Reference
Provides the RF reference input signal for the frequency comb, combining the superior short-term stability of an ultrastable quartz oscillator with the long-term accuracy of the GPS.

WLM-VIS Integrated Wavelength Meter
Integrated wavelength meter with 100 MHz accuracy in the 500 - 1100 nm range.

WLM-NIR Integrated Wavelength Meter
Integrated wavelength meter with 100 MHz accuracy in the 900 - 1700 nm range.

ORS-DL Optical Reference System
The ORS-DL Optical Reference System consists of an external cavity diode laser locked to a stable high-finesse cavity made of ultra low expansion glass. It offers a very narrow linewidth (<1 Hz) and outstanding short-term stability (<2 x 10^-15 Hz in 1 s) at wavelengths such as 657 nm, 689 nm, 698 nm, 729 nm, and many others from 400 nm to 1650 nm. By locking the FC1500-250-ULN to the ORS-DL, the purity of this state-of-the-art optical reference can be transferred throughout the entire frequency comb spectrum.