• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 12, Issue 2, 350 (2024)
Yuan Yao1, Haosen Shi1, Guang Yang1, Bo Li1, Congyu Wang1, Hongfu Yu1, Longsheng Ma1、2, and Yanyi Jiang1、2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
  • 2Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.504539 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yuan Yao, Haosen Shi, Guang Yang, Bo Li, Congyu Wang, Hongfu Yu, Longsheng Ma, Yanyi Jiang. Coherent link between a Ti:sapphire comb and a 1.5 μm laser via nonlinear interaction in photonic crystal fiber[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(2): 350 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Optical clock networks have distinct advantages for the dissemination of time/frequency, geodesy, and fundamental research. To realize such a network, the telecom band and optical atomic clocks have to be coherently bridged. Since the telecom band and optical atomic clocks reside in a distinct spectral region, second-harmonic generation is usually introduced to bridge the large frequency gap. In this paper, we introduce a new method to coherently link a 1550 nm continuous wave laser with a Ti:sapphire mode-locked laser-based optical frequency comb. By coupling the 1550 nm continuous wave laser light and the Ti:sapphire comb light together into a photonic crystal fiber, nonlinear interaction takes place, and new comblike frequency components related to the 1550 nm laser frequency are generated in the visible region. Consequently, we can detect beat notes between two combs in the visible region with a signal-to-noise ratio of more than 40 dB in a resolution bandwidth of 300 kHz. With this signal, we realize an optical frequency divider for converting the frequency of optical clocks in the visible region to the telecom band at 1.55 μm. An out-of-loop measurement shows that the additional noise and uncertainty induced in optical frequency conversion are 5×10-18 at 1 s averaging time and 2.2×10-19, respectively, which are limited by the uncompensated light path fluctuation but fulfill precision measurement using state-of-the-art optical clocks.
    νN=N×fr±f0,

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    νFWM=νpump1+νpump2ν1550=(Ni1+Ni2)×fr+2f0ν1550,

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    fb1550=νFWMνNj=(Ni1+Ni2Nj)×fr+f0ν1550,

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    fb578=ν578N2×frf0,

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    Δ=fb1550f0K1+fb578+f0K2=ν578K2ν1550K1,

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    ν1550=ν578R1,

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    ν1550t=ν578/(2R2),

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    Yuan Yao, Haosen Shi, Guang Yang, Bo Li, Congyu Wang, Hongfu Yu, Longsheng Ma, Yanyi Jiang. Coherent link between a Ti:sapphire comb and a 1.5 μm laser via nonlinear interaction in photonic crystal fiber[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(2): 350
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