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Intense, wideband optical waveform generation by self-balanced amplification of fiber electro-optical sideband modulation
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- We demonstrate a simple method to obtain accurate optical waveforms with a GHz-level programmable modulation bandwidth and Watt-level output power for wideband optical control of free atoms and molecules. Arbitrary amplitude and phase modulations are transferred from microwave to light with a low-power fiber electro-optical modulator. The sub-milliWatt optical sideband is co-amplified with the optical carrier in a power-balanced fashion through a tapered semiconductor amplifier (TSA). By automatically keeping TSA near saturation in a quasi-continuous manner, typical noise channels associated with pulsed high-gain amplifications are efficiently suppressed. As an example application, we demonstrate interleaved cooling and trapping of two rubidium isotopes with coherent nanosecond pulses.<br />Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures
- Subjects :
- Physics - Optics
Physics - Atomic Physics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2203.02915
- Document Type :
- Working Paper