All polarization-maintaining Er:fiber-based optical frequency comb for frequency comparison of optical clocks

We demonstrate an optical frequency comb (OFC) based on a turnkey mode-locked laser with a figure-9-shape structure and polarization-maintaining fibers, for the comparison of frequency among optical clocks with wavelengths of 698 nm, 729 nm, 1068 nm, and 1156 nm. We adopt a multi-branch approach in order to produce high power OFC signals at these specific wavelengths, enabling the signal-to-noise ratio of the beatnotes between the OFC and the clock lasers to exceed 30 dB at a resolution bandwidth of 300 kHz. This approach makes the supercontinuum spectra much easier to be generated than a single branch OFC. However, more out-of-loop fibers degrade the long-term frequency instability due to thermal drift. To minimize the thermal drift effect, we set the fiber lengths of different branches to be similar, and we stabilize the temperature as well. The out-of-loop frequency instability of the OFC due to the incoherence of the multi-branch is about 5.5×10^-19 for 4000 s, while the in-loop frequency instability of f_ceo and that of f_beat are 7.5×10^-18 for 1 s and 8.5×10^-18 for 1 s, respectively. The turnkey OFC meets the requirement for the comparison of frequency between the best optical clocks.     

Passively Q-switched cylindrical vector laser based on a black phosphorus saturable absorber

We demonstrate an all-fiber Q-switched cylindrical vector laser based on a black phosphorus saturable absorber and a transverse mode converter. The saturable absorber is prepared by incorporating the polyvinyl alcohol with anti-oxidized black phosphorus nanosheets exfoliated in aqueous poly(dimethyldiallyl ammonium chloride)solution. The mode converter is composed of a tapered two-mode fiber and a single-mode fiber, and it can excite switchable azimuthally and radially polarized beams by modulating the input polarization. By enhancing the pump power from 64.68 to 174.82 mW, the repetition rate of the Q-switched azimuthally/radially polarized laser enlarges from 16.72/19.25 to 30.71/37.82 kHz.     

用于光腔衰荡光谱测量的多支路掺铒光纤飞秒光梳系统

报道了用于光腔衰荡光谱测量的多支路掺铒光纤飞秒光梳系统.该系统以“9”字型全保偏掺铒飞秒光纤激光器为激光源.利用自制的锁相环电路,获得的重复频率和载波包络相移频率秒级稳定度分别为5.85×10^–13和4.95×10^–18.为了满足CO, CH₄等分子吸收光谱测量,利用啁啾放大和非线性光谱展宽技术,采用多支路结构,将飞秒光梳直接输出光谱由1500—1600 nm分别扩展至8个目标波长(1064, 1083, 1240, 1380, 1500,1600, 1750和2100 nm)处,各目标波长处的单模功率均大于300 n W,满足光腔衰荡光谱测量实验的需求.