Dual wavelength brillouin laser terahertz source stabilized to carbonyl sulfide rotational transition
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| author | Greenberg, James Heffernan, Brendan M. McGrew, William F. Nose, Keisuke Rolland, Antoine |
| author_facet | Greenberg, James Heffernan, Brendan M. McGrew, William F. Nose, Keisuke Rolland, Antoine |
| contents | Optical-based terahertz sources are important for many burgeoning scientific and technological applications. Among such applications is precision spectroscopy of molecules, which exhibit rotational transitions at terahertz frequencies. Stemming from precision spectroscopy is frequency discrimination and stabilization of terahertz sources. Because many molecular species exist in the gas phase at room temperature, their transitions are prime candidates for practical terahertz frequency references. We demonstrate the stabilization of a low phase-noise, dual-wavelength Brillouin laser (DWBL) terahertz oscillator to a rotational transition of carbonyl sulfide (\ce{OCS}). We achieve an instability of $1.2\times10^{-12}/\sqrtτ$, where $τ$ is the averaging time in seconds. The signal-to-noise ratio and intermodulation limitations of the experiment are also discussed. We thus demonstrate a highly stable and spectrally pure terahertz frequency source. Our presented architecture will likely benefit metrology, spectroscopy, precision terahertz studies, and beyond. |
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| spellingShingle | Dual wavelength brillouin laser terahertz source stabilized to carbonyl sulfide rotational transition Greenberg, James Heffernan, Brendan M. McGrew, William F. Nose, Keisuke Rolland, Antoine Optics Applied Physics Atomic Physics Optical-based terahertz sources are important for many burgeoning scientific and technological applications. Among such applications is precision spectroscopy of molecules, which exhibit rotational transitions at terahertz frequencies. Stemming from precision spectroscopy is frequency discrimination and stabilization of terahertz sources. Because many molecular species exist in the gas phase at room temperature, their transitions are prime candidates for practical terahertz frequency references. We demonstrate the stabilization of a low phase-noise, dual-wavelength Brillouin laser (DWBL) terahertz oscillator to a rotational transition of carbonyl sulfide (\ce{OCS}). We achieve an instability of $1.2\times10^{-12}/\sqrtτ$, where $τ$ is the averaging time in seconds. The signal-to-noise ratio and intermodulation limitations of the experiment are also discussed. We thus demonstrate a highly stable and spectrally pure terahertz frequency source. Our presented architecture will likely benefit metrology, spectroscopy, precision terahertz studies, and beyond. |
| title | Dual wavelength brillouin laser terahertz source stabilized to carbonyl sulfide rotational transition |
| topic | Optics Applied Physics Atomic Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.14849 |