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Sub-kHz linewidth narrowing of a mid-infrared OPO idler frequency by direct cavity stabilization

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arxiv 1507.08519 v1 pith:7PT7AJTQ submitted 2015-07-30 physics.optics

Sub-kHz linewidth narrowing of a mid-infrared OPO idler frequency by direct cavity stabilization

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keywords frequencycavitymid-infraredidlerlinewidthlockingopticaloscillator
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We stabilize the idler frequency of a singly-resonant optical parametric oscillator directly to the resonance of a mid-infrared Fabry-P\'erot reference cavity. This is accomplished by the Pound-Drever-Hall locking scheme, controlling either the pump laser or the resonant signal frequency. A residual relative frequency noise power spectral density below 10$^3$ Hz$^2$/Hz is reached, with a Gaussian linewidth of 920 Hz over 100 ms, which demonstrates the potential for reaching spectral purity down to the Hz level by locking the optical parametric oscillator against a mid-infrared cavity with state-of-the-art superior performance.

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