Abstract

We present a hybrid fiber/waveguide design for a 100-MHz frequency comb that is fully self-referenced and temperature controlled with less than 5 W of electrical power. Self referencing is achieved by supercontinuum generation in a silicon nitride waveguide, which requires much lower pulse energies (~200 pJ) than with highly nonlinear fiber. These low energy pulses are achieved with an erbium fiber oscillator/amplifier pumped by two 250-mW passively-cooled pump diodes that consume less than 5 W of electrical power. The temperature tuning of the oscillator, necessary to stabilize the repetition rate in the presence of environmental temperature changes, is achieved by resistive heating of a section of gold-palladium-coated fiber within the laser cavity. By heating only the small thermal mass of the fiber, the repetition rate is tuned over 4.2 kHz (corresponding to an effective temperature change of 4.2 °C) with a fast time constant of 0.5 s, at a low power consumption of 0.077 W/°C, compared to 2.5 W/°C in the conventional 200-MHz comb design.

Publication Details
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2018
Volume
1
Number of Pages
274
ISSN Number
2578-7519
DOI
10.1364/OSAC.1.000274
URL
https://www.osapublishing.org/abstract.cfm?URI=osac-1-1-274
Journal
OSA Continuum
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