REALIZATION OF A NEW CONCEPT FOR VISIBLE FREQUENCY-DIVISION - PHASE LOCKING OF HARMONIC AND SUM FREQUENCIES

被引:142
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TELLE, HR [1 ]
MESCHEDE, D [1 ]
HANSCH, TW [1 ]
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[1] MAX PLANCK INST QUANTUM OPT,W-8046 GARCHING,GERMANY
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10.1364/OL.15.000532
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We explore and demonstrate the feasibility of an optical-frequency-to-radio-frequency division method that is based on visible or near-infrared laser oscillators only. Comparing harmonic and sum frequencies, we generate the arithmetic average of two visible frequencies. Cascading n stages provides difference-frequency division by 2n. For a demonstration we have phase locked the second harmonic and the sum frequency of two independent diode lasers. © 1990 Optical Society of America.
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