Farey tree locking of terahertz semiconductor laser frequency combs
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| author | Liu, Guibin Ma, Xuhong Zhou, Kang Liu, Binbin Zheng, Lulu Bi, Xianglong Wu, Shumin Lu, Yanming Li, Ziping Wan, Wenjian Zhang, Zhenzhen Peng, Junsong Zhang, Ya Zeng, Heping Li, Hua |
| author_facet | Liu, Guibin Ma, Xuhong Zhou, Kang Liu, Binbin Zheng, Lulu Bi, Xianglong Wu, Shumin Lu, Yanming Li, Ziping Wan, Wenjian Zhang, Zhenzhen Peng, Junsong Zhang, Ya Zeng, Heping Li, Hua |
| contents | Frequency combs show various applications in molecular fingerprinting, imaging, communications, and so on. In the terahertz frequency range, semiconductor-based quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are ideal platforms for realizing the frequency comb operation. Although self-started frequency comb operation can be obtained in free-running terahertz QCLs due to the four-wave mixing locking effects, resonant/off-resonant microwave injection, phase locking, and femtosecond laser based locking techniques have been widely used to broaden and stabilize terahertz QCL combs. These active locking methods indeed show significant effects on the frequency stabilization of terahertz QCL combs, but they simultaneously have drawbacks, such as introducing large phase noise and requiring complex optical coupling and/or electrical circuits. Here, we demonstrate Farey tree locking of terahertz QCL frequency combs under microwave injection. The frequency competition between the Farey fraction frequency and the cavity round-trip frequency results in the frequency locking of terahertz QCL combs, and the Farey fraction frequencies can be accurately anticipated based on the downward trend of the Farey tree hierarchy. Furthermore, dual-comb experimental results show that the phase noise of the dual-comb spectral lines is significantly reduced by employing the Farey tree locking method. These results pave the way to deploying compact and low phase noise terahertz frequency comb sources. |
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| spellingShingle | Farey tree locking of terahertz semiconductor laser frequency combs Liu, Guibin Ma, Xuhong Zhou, Kang Liu, Binbin Zheng, Lulu Bi, Xianglong Wu, Shumin Lu, Yanming Li, Ziping Wan, Wenjian Zhang, Zhenzhen Peng, Junsong Zhang, Ya Zeng, Heping Li, Hua Optics Instrumentation and Detectors Frequency combs show various applications in molecular fingerprinting, imaging, communications, and so on. In the terahertz frequency range, semiconductor-based quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are ideal platforms for realizing the frequency comb operation. Although self-started frequency comb operation can be obtained in free-running terahertz QCLs due to the four-wave mixing locking effects, resonant/off-resonant microwave injection, phase locking, and femtosecond laser based locking techniques have been widely used to broaden and stabilize terahertz QCL combs. These active locking methods indeed show significant effects on the frequency stabilization of terahertz QCL combs, but they simultaneously have drawbacks, such as introducing large phase noise and requiring complex optical coupling and/or electrical circuits. Here, we demonstrate Farey tree locking of terahertz QCL frequency combs under microwave injection. The frequency competition between the Farey fraction frequency and the cavity round-trip frequency results in the frequency locking of terahertz QCL combs, and the Farey fraction frequencies can be accurately anticipated based on the downward trend of the Farey tree hierarchy. Furthermore, dual-comb experimental results show that the phase noise of the dual-comb spectral lines is significantly reduced by employing the Farey tree locking method. These results pave the way to deploying compact and low phase noise terahertz frequency comb sources. |
| title | Farey tree locking of terahertz semiconductor laser frequency combs |
| topic | Optics Instrumentation and Detectors |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.13538 |