Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for frequency stabilisation of multiple lasers
- Patent Title (中): 多激光器频率稳定的方法和系统
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Application No.: US12990621Application Date: 2009-05-01
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Publication No.: US08693867B2Publication Date: 2014-04-08
- Inventor: Ian C. M. Littler , Jong H. Chow , Malcolm B. Gray , David E. McClelland
- Applicant: Ian C. M. Littler , Jong H. Chow , Malcolm B. Gray , David E. McClelland
- Applicant Address: AU Acton, Australian Capital Territory
- Assignee: The Australian National University
- Current Assignee: The Australian National University
- Current Assignee Address: AU Acton, Australian Capital Territory
- Agency: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.
- Priority: AU2008902146 20080501
- International Application: PCT/AU2009/000547 WO 20090501
- International Announcement: WO2009/132398 WO 20091105
- Main IPC: H04B10/04
- IPC: H04B10/04 ; H01S3/04 ; H01S3/13 ; H04B10/00

Abstract:
A system and method for stabilizing a plurality of output frequencies (wavelengths) of a plurality of lasers (106). The laser beams are combined using optical multiplexer (110) and coupled into length-imbalanced (armlength-mismatched) Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) (114) having an optical modulator (e.g. AOM) (122) in one of its arms. The output of the MZI is divided into corresponding beams via optical demultiplexer (128) and each beam is detected by a respective photo-diode (PD) (134). The individual electric signals, so generated, are demodulated using a corresponding plurality of phase-responsive devices (138) and the resulting phase-signals are directed to a plurality of servo-controllers (148) to control the central frequency of the respective lasers (106) via a corresponding plurality of feedback loop circuits (150). The lasers (106) can have different central frequencies which can also be individually tunned using offset modules (141) in the phase-responsive devices (138).
Public/Granted literature
- US20110122904A1 Methods And Systems For Frequency Stabilisation Of Multiple Lasers Public/Granted day:2011-05-26
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