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Südmeyer, Thomas

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Südmeyer, Thomas
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thomas.sudmeyer@unine.ch
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  • Publication
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    All‑fiber versatile laser frequency reference at 2 μm for CO2 space‑borne lidar applications
    Schilt, Stephane 
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    Matthey-De-L'Endroit, Renaud 
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    Hey Tow, Kenny
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    Thévenaz, Luc
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    Südmeyer, Thomas 
    We present a frequency stabilized laser at 2051 nm based on a versatile all-fibered stabilization setup. A modulation sideband locking technique is implemented to lock the laser at a controlled frequency detuning from the center of the CO2 R(30) transition envisaged for space-borne differential absorption lidar (DIAL) applications. This method relies on the use of a compact all-fibered gas reference cell that makes the setup robust and immune to mechanically induced optical misalignments. The gas cell is fabricated using a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber filled with pure CO2 at a low pressure of ~20 mbar and hermetically sealed at both ends by splices to silica fibers. Different configurations of this fibered cell have been developed and are presented. With this technique, frequency stabilities below 40 kHz at 1-s integration time and <100 kHz up to 1000-s averaging time were achieved for a laser detuning by around 1 GHz from the center of the CO2 transition. These stabilities are compliant with typical requirements for the reference seed source for a space CO2 DIAL.
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    All-electrical frequency noise reduction and linewidth narrowing in quantum cascade lasers
    Sargachev, Ilia
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    Maulini, Richard
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    Bismuto, Alfredo
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    Blaser, Stéphane
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    Gresch, Tobias
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    Bidaux, Yves
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    Müller, Antoine
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    Schilt, Stephane 
    ;
    Südmeyer, Thomas 
    A novel all-electrical method of frequency noise reduction in quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) is proposed. Electrical current through the laser was continuously adjusted to compensate for fluctuations of the laser internal resistance, which led to an active stabilization of the optical emission frequency. A reduction of the linewidth from 1.7 MHz in the standard constant current mode of operation down to 480 kHz is demonstrated at 10-ms observation time when applying this method to a QCL emitting at 7.9 μm.