Actively stabilized wavelength-insensitive carrier elimination from an electro-optically modulated laser beam

作者:Cooper Nathan*; Bateman James; Dunning Alexander; Freegarde Tim
来源:Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics, 2012, 29(4): 646-649.
DOI:10.1364/JOSAB.29.000646

摘要

We demonstrate a simple and robust technique for removal of the carrier wave from a phase-modulated laser beam, using a noninterferometric method that is insensitive to the modulation frequency and instead exploits the polarization dependence of electro-optic modulation. An actively stabilized system using feedback via a liquid crystal cell yields long-term carrier suppression in excess of 28 dB at the expense of a 6.5 dB reduction in sideband power.

  • 出版日期2012-4