• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 21, Issue 3, 031404 (2023)
Yafeng Huang1、2, Di Hu1, Meifeng Ye1、2, Yating Wang1、2, Yanli Li1、2, Ming Li1、3, Yinnan Chen1、2, Qiuzhi Qu1, Lingke Wang1、*, Liang Liu1, and Tang Li1、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1Laboratory of Space Laser Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202321.031404 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yafeng Huang, Di Hu, Meifeng Ye, Yating Wang, Yanli Li, Ming Li, Yinnan Chen, Qiuzhi Qu, Lingke Wang, Liang Liu, Tang Li. All-fiber-based ultrastable laser with long-term frequency stability of 1.1 × 10-14[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(3): 031404 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We demonstrate an ultrastable miniaturized transportable laser system at 1550 nm by locking it to an optical fiber delay line (FDL). To achieve optimized long-term frequency stability, the FDL was placed into a vacuum chamber with a five-layer thermal shield, and a delicate two-stage active temperature stabilization, an optical power stabilization, and an RF power stabilization were applied in the system. A fractional frequency stability of better than 3.2×10-15 at 1 s averaging time and 1.1×10-14 at 1000 s averaging time was achieved, which is the best long-term frequency stability of an all-fiber-based ultrastable laser observed to date.
    Δνν0=Δττ0,

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    τ=n0L0c(1+αΔT)(1+βΔT)n0L0c[1+(α+β)ΔT],

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    Δv=v0(α+β)ΔT.

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    Yafeng Huang, Di Hu, Meifeng Ye, Yating Wang, Yanli Li, Ming Li, Yinnan Chen, Qiuzhi Qu, Lingke Wang, Liang Liu, Tang Li. All-fiber-based ultrastable laser with long-term frequency stability of 1.1 × 10-14[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(3): 031404
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