A compact mode-locked diode laser system for high precision frequency comparison experiments.

• Superior document: Innovationen mit Mikrowellen und Licht. Forschungsberichte aus dem Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik ; v.64
• Author: Christopher, Heike.
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen : : Cuvillier Verlag,, 2021.; {copy}2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Innovationen mit Mikrowellen und Licht. Forschungsberichte aus dem Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (209 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Abstract -- Zusammenfassung -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. The optical frequency comb -- 1.2. A tailored optical frequency comb for a spaceborne experiment -- 1.3. State of the art optical frequency combs operating in thewavelength region around 780 nm -- 1.4. Thesis organization -- 2. Mode-locking of semiconductor lasers -- 2.1. Introduction to mode-locked diode lasers -- 2.2. Diode laser chips -- 2.3. Mode-locking techniques -- 2.4. Optical absorption and gain in passively mode-locked diodelasers -- 2.5. Resonator concepts for passively mode-locked diode lasers -- 2.6. Optical components of an ML-ECDL -- 3. Measurement methods and setup -- 3.1. Introduction to measurement and analysis feedback loop -- 3.2. Requirements on the experimental setup and techniques -- 3.3. Experimental setup -- 3.4. Experimental techniques -- 3.5. Performance analysis -- 3.6. Summary -- 4. Development of a diode laser-based opticalfrequency comb -- 4.1. Introduction to the evaluation -- 4.2. Influence of the laser design parameters on the mode-locking performance -- 4.3. Influence of the laser operating parameters on the performanceof the best suited device -- 4.4. Conclusion of the development of the diode laser-based opticalfrequency comb -- 5. Micro-integration of the diode laser-basedoptical frequency comb generator -- 5.1. Introduction to the micro-integration concept -- 5.2. First generation ML-ECDL module -- 5.3. Advanced ML-ECDL module -- 5.4. Conclusion from micro-integration of a diode laser-based opticalfrequency comb generator -- 6. Pulse repetition rate stabilization -- 6.1. Introduction to stabilization of the pulse repetition rate -- 6.2. Experimental setup -- 6.3. Results -- 6.4. Conclusion from the stabilization of the pulse repetition rate -- 7. Conclusion and outlook -- 7.1. Conclusion -- 7.2. Outlook on future advancements.

A. Derivation of equations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of abbreviations -- List of symbols -- Bibliography -- List of publications -- Acknowledgments -- Selbständigkeitserklärung.