Dual tunable wavelength Er: Yb : Glass laser for terahertz beat frequency generation

Mehdi Alouini; Marc Brunel; Fabien Bretenaker; Marc Vallet; Albert Le Floch

doi:10.1109/68.726747

Dual tunable wavelength Er: Yb : Glass laser for terahertz beat frequency generation

Mehdi Alouini, Marc Brunel, Fabien Bretenaker, Marc Vallet, Albert Le Floch

University of Rennes

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Abstract

Dual tunable wavelength operation of a Er : Yb : phosphate glass laser is reported. The spatial separation of the laser eigenstates and the use of two properly designed intracavity étalons permit one to tune the two wavelengths independently from 1540.5 to 1562.7 nm. The generated beat note, monitored using a Michelson interferometer, is experimentally shown to be adjustable from dc to 2.7 THz. The line width of this beat note is found to be less than 10 kHz. Several applications are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1554-1556
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	10
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/68.726747
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 1998
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Erbium
Laser tuning
Optical polarization
Solid lasers
Submillimeter wave lasers

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Dual tunable wavelength Er: Yb : Glass laser for terahertz beat frequency generation

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