Calibration of high-accuracy spectrometers using stabilized 11-GHz femtosecond semiconductor laser

Autor: Antoine, Jallageas, Jacob, Nürnberg, Cesare G E, Alfieri, Dominik, Waldburger, Sandro M, Link, Florian, Emaury, Jacques, Morel, Ursula, Keller
Rok vydání: 2019
Zdroj: Optics express. 27(26)
ISSN: 1094-4087
Popis: We demonstrate for the first time the calibration of the wavelength scale of high-performance spectrometers using a fully stabilized optical frequency comb from an ultrafast optically pumped semiconductor disk laser (SDL) as a traceable reference. The SDL is a modelocked integrated external-cavity surface-emitting laser (MIXSEL) with the gain and saturable absorber layers fully integrated into one wafer chip, which forms one end mirror of the simple straight cavity with a pulse repetition rate of 11 GHz. This MIXSEL comb is actively stabilized and opens new possibilities for easier and more accurate frequency calibrations of standard laboratory instruments.
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