Abstract-Evaluating the coherence and time-domain profile of quantum cascade laser frequency combs

Evaluating the coherence and time-domain profile of quantum cascade laser frequency combs David Burghoff, Yang Yang, Darren J. Hayton, Jian-Rong Gao, John L. Reno, and Qing Hu  »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 23, Issue 2, pp. 1190-1202 (2015)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.001190

http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?uri=oe-23-2-1190

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Recently, much attention has been focused on the generation of optical frequency combs from quantum cascade lasers. We discuss how fast detectors can be used to demonstrate the mutual coherence of such combs, and present an inequality that can be used to quantitatively evaluate their performance. We discuss several technical issues related to shifted wave interference Fourier Transform spectroscopy (SWIFTS), and show how such measurements can be used to elucidate the time-domain properties of such combs, showing that they can possess signatures of both frequency-modulation and amplitude-modulation.

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