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Ultrafast serrodyne optical frequency translator (2208.13214v1)

Published 28 Aug 2022 in physics.optics

Abstract: The serrodyne principle enables shifting the frequency of an electromagnetic signal by applying a linear phase ramp in the time domain [1]. This phenomenon has been exploited to frequency-shift signals in the radiofrequency (RF), microwave and optical region of the electromagnetic spectrum over ranges of up to a few GHz e.g. to analyse the Doppler shift of RF signals, for noise suppression and frequency stabilization [2-9]. Here, we employ this principle to shift the center frequency of high power femtosecond laser pulses over a range of several THz with the help of a nonlinear multi-pass cell. We demonstrate our method experimentally by shifting the central wavelength of a state-of-the-art 75 W frequency comb laser from 1030\,nm to 1060\,nm and to 1000\,nm. Furthermore, we experimentally show that this wavelength shifting technique supports coherence characteristics at the few Hz-level while improving the temporal pulse quality. The technique is generally applicable to wide parameter ranges and different laser systems, enabling efficient wavelength conversion of high-power lasers to spectral regions beyond the gain bandwidth of available laser platforms.

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