Intensity Noise Optimization of a Mid-Infrared Frequency Comb Difference Frequency Generation Source
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate in a difference-frequency generation mid-infrared frequency comb source the effect of temporal overlap between pump- and signal- pulse to the relative intensity noise (RIN) of the idler pulse. When scanning the temporal delay between our 130 fs long signal- and pump pulses, we observe a RIN minimum with a 3 dB width of 20 fs delay and an RIN increase of 20 dB in 40 fs delay at the edges of this minimum. We also demonstrate active long-term stabilization of the mid-infrared frequency comb source to the temporal overlap setting corresponding to the lowest RIN operation point by an on-line RIN-detector and active feedback control of the pump-signal- pulse delay. This active stabilization set-up allowed us to dramatically increase the signal-to-noise ratio of mid-infrared absorption spectra.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1904.02611,
title = {Intensity Noise Optimization of a Mid-Infrared Frequency Comb Difference Frequency Generation Source},
author = {Vinicius Silva de Oliveira and Axel Ruehl and Piotr Masłowski and Ingmar Hartl},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.02611},
year = {2020}
}