Robust kHz-linewidth distributed Bragg reflector laser with optoelectronic feedback
© 2019 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement. We demonstrate a combination of optical and electronic feedback that significantly narrows the linewidth of distributed Bragg reflector lasers (DBRs). We use optical feedback from a long external fiber pat...
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| author | Yamoah, Megan Braverman, Boris Pedrozo-Peñafiel, Edwin Kawasaki, Akio Zlatković, Bojan Vuletić, Vladan |
| author_facet | Yamoah, Megan Braverman, Boris Pedrozo-Peñafiel, Edwin Kawasaki, Akio Zlatković, Bojan Vuletić, Vladan |
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| description | © 2019 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement. We demonstrate a combination of optical and electronic feedback that significantly narrows the linewidth of distributed Bragg reflector lasers (DBRs). We use optical feedback from a long external fiber path to reduce the high-frequency noise of the laser. An electro-optic modulator placed inside the optical feedback path allows us to apply electronic feedback to the laser frequency with very large bandwidth, enabling robust and stable locking to a reference cavity that suppresses low-frequency components of laser noise. The combination of optical and electronic feedback allows us to significantly lower the frequency noise power spectral density of the laser across all frequencies and narrow its linewidth from a free-running value of 1.1 MHz to a stabilized value of 1.9 kHz, limited by the detection system resolution. This approach enables the construction of robust lasers with sub-kHz linewidth based on DBRs across a broad range of wavelengths. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1325432021-09-21T03:01:27Z Robust kHz-linewidth distributed Bragg reflector laser with optoelectronic feedback Yamoah, Megan Braverman, Boris Pedrozo-Peñafiel, Edwin Kawasaki, Akio Zlatković, Bojan Vuletić, Vladan © 2019 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement. We demonstrate a combination of optical and electronic feedback that significantly narrows the linewidth of distributed Bragg reflector lasers (DBRs). We use optical feedback from a long external fiber path to reduce the high-frequency noise of the laser. An electro-optic modulator placed inside the optical feedback path allows us to apply electronic feedback to the laser frequency with very large bandwidth, enabling robust and stable locking to a reference cavity that suppresses low-frequency components of laser noise. The combination of optical and electronic feedback allows us to significantly lower the frequency noise power spectral density of the laser across all frequencies and narrow its linewidth from a free-running value of 1.1 MHz to a stabilized value of 1.9 kHz, limited by the detection system resolution. This approach enables the construction of robust lasers with sub-kHz linewidth based on DBRs across a broad range of wavelengths. 2021-09-20T18:22:57Z 2021-09-20T18:22:57Z 2020-11-16T18:49:07Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/132543 en 10.1364/OE.27.037714 Optics Express Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf The Optical Society OSA Publishing |
| spellingShingle | Yamoah, Megan Braverman, Boris Pedrozo-Peñafiel, Edwin Kawasaki, Akio Zlatković, Bojan Vuletić, Vladan Robust kHz-linewidth distributed Bragg reflector laser with optoelectronic feedback |
| title | Robust kHz-linewidth distributed Bragg reflector laser with optoelectronic feedback |
| title_full | Robust kHz-linewidth distributed Bragg reflector laser with optoelectronic feedback |
| title_fullStr | Robust kHz-linewidth distributed Bragg reflector laser with optoelectronic feedback |
| title_full_unstemmed | Robust kHz-linewidth distributed Bragg reflector laser with optoelectronic feedback |
| title_short | Robust kHz-linewidth distributed Bragg reflector laser with optoelectronic feedback |
| title_sort | robust khz linewidth distributed bragg reflector laser with optoelectronic feedback |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/132543 |
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