TY - JOUR
AU - A. Ruehl
AU - M. Martin
AU - Kevin Cossel
AU - Lisheng Chen
AU - Hugh McKay
AU - Brian Thomas
AU - Craig Benko
AU - Liang Dong
AU - John Dudley
AU - Martin Fermann
AU - I. Hartl
AU - Jun Ye
AB - We present detailed studies of the coherence properties of an ultrabroadband supercontinuum, enabled by a comprehensive approach involving continuous-wave laser sources to independently probe both the amplitude and phase noise quadratures across the entire spectrum. The continuum coherently spans more than 1.5 octaves, supporting Hz-level comparison of ultrastable lasers at 698 nm and 1.54 μm. We present a complete numerical simulation of the accumulated comb coherence in the limit of many pulses, in contrast to the single-pulse level, with systematic experimental verification. The experiment and numerical simulations reveal the presence of quantum-seeded broadband amplitude noise without phase coherence degradation, including the discovery of a dependence of the supercontinuum coherence on the fiber fractional Raman gain.
BT - Physical Review A
DA - 2011-07
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.84.011806
N2 - We present detailed studies of the coherence properties of an ultrabroadband supercontinuum, enabled by a comprehensive approach involving continuous-wave laser sources to independently probe both the amplitude and phase noise quadratures across the entire spectrum. The continuum coherently spans more than 1.5 octaves, supporting Hz-level comparison of ultrastable lasers at 698 nm and 1.54 μm. We present a complete numerical simulation of the accumulated comb coherence in the limit of many pulses, in contrast to the single-pulse level, with systematic experimental verification. The experiment and numerical simulations reveal the presence of quantum-seeded broadband amplitude noise without phase coherence degradation, including the discovery of a dependence of the supercontinuum coherence on the fiber fractional Raman gain.
PY - 2011
SE - 011806
EP - 011806
T2 - Physical Review A
TI - Ultrabroadband coherent supercontinuum frequency comb
VL - 84
ER -