OPTICAL HETERODYNING WITH A FREQUENCY DIFFERENCE OF 1-THZ IN THE 850-NM RANGE

被引:10
作者
ACEF, O
NEZ, F
ROVERA, GD
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[1] Laboratoire Primaire du Temps et des Fréquences, Bureau National de Metrologie-Observatoire de Paris, Paris, 75014
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10.1364/OL.19.001275
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report our recent progress on detection of large frequency difference (up to 1.028 THz, DELTAlambda = 2.5 nm) between two laser diodes at 852 nm, using a Schottky diode as harmonic mixer/detector. Using the 11th harmonic of a klystron operating at 93.5 GHz or the 991-GHz line of an optically pumped HCOOH far-infrared laser, we were able to observe a signal-to-noise ratio of 2 dB in a 1-MHz-resolution bandwidth.
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