Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics (한국광학회지)

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Sum-frequency Generation Using a Mode-locked Pulsed Laser and a Continuous-wave Diode Laser

모드 잠금된 펄스 레이저와 연속 발진하는 반도체 레이저를 이용한 합주파수 생성

  • Received : 2020.12.31
  • Accepted : 2021.01.26
  • Published : 2021.04.25
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Abstract

We have experimentally demonstrated sum-frequency generation (SFG) in a periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) crystal, using a mode-locked picosecond-pulsed fiber laser and a continuous-wave (CW) diode laser with a narrow linewidth. The mode-locked fiber laser had a center wavelength of 1560.7 nm and a spectral width of 1.1 nm, and the CW diode laser had a center wavelength of 1551.0 nm and a spectral width of 6 MHz. To effectively realize SFG, both of the spatial modes of the two lasers were made to overlap in the PPLN crystal by using a single-mode optical fiber. The pulse-mode SFG with pulsed- and CW-mode lasers was successfully observed in the spectral and time domains. These results are expected to be applicable in various ways, such as optical frequency measurement and high-resolution laser spectroscopy studies using optical frequency combs.

본 연구에서는 모드 잠금된 ps-펄스 광섬유 레이저와 연속 발진하는 좁은 선폭의 반도체 레이저를 이용하여 주기적 분극반전된 LiNbO3(periodically poled lithium niobate; PPLN) 결정에서 합주파수 생성 연구를 수행하였다. 모드 잠금된 펄스 레이저는 중심 파장이 1560.7 nm이고 스펙트럼의 폭은 약 1.1 nm이며, 연속 발진 반도체 레이저는 중심 파장이 1551 nm이고 스펙트럼의 폭은 약 6 MHz로 동작한다. 합주파수 생성을 효과적으로 수행하기 위해서 하나의 단일 모드 광섬유를 이용하여 PPLN 결정 내부에서 두 펌프 광원을 공간적으로 완전히 중첩하였다. 모드 잠금된 펄스 레이저와 좁은 선폭의 연속발진 반도체 레이저에 의해서 모드 잠금된 펄스 형태의 778 nm인 합주파수 생성을 스펙트럼과 시간적인 변화로 확인하였다. 본 연구 결과는 주파수 제어가 가능한 광주파수 빗(optical frequency comb)을 이용한 광주파수 측정 및 고분해 레이저 분광 연구 등 다양하게 응용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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