We report low noise and narrow linewidth performance of an actively stabilized optical parametric oscillator, intracavity-pumped by a visible AlGaInP-based vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser (VECSEL). Under dual-locking conditions, where the VECSEL and intracavity resonant idler are stabilized using the Pound-Drever-Hall and side-of-fringe locking techniques, respectively, narrow linewidths of 6.21(1) kHz (VECSEL) and 151(1) Hz (idler) are achieved for integration times as long as 4 s, illustrating the transfer of noise from the VECSEL fundamental to the OPO non-resonant signal. In this regime, the relative intensity noise of all three interacting waves is <-120 dBc/Hz for all frequencies above 1 kHz, indicating that this coherent laser system is well-suited for quantum optics experiments, potentially those involving squeezed light generation.
Sub-kHz linewidth intracavity VECSEL-pumped OPO
Caspani L.;
2026-01-01
Abstract
We report low noise and narrow linewidth performance of an actively stabilized optical parametric oscillator, intracavity-pumped by a visible AlGaInP-based vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser (VECSEL). Under dual-locking conditions, where the VECSEL and intracavity resonant idler are stabilized using the Pound-Drever-Hall and side-of-fringe locking techniques, respectively, narrow linewidths of 6.21(1) kHz (VECSEL) and 151(1) Hz (idler) are achieved for integration times as long as 4 s, illustrating the transfer of noise from the VECSEL fundamental to the OPO non-resonant signal. In this regime, the relative intensity noise of all three interacting waves is <-120 dBc/Hz for all frequencies above 1 kHz, indicating that this coherent laser system is well-suited for quantum optics experiments, potentially those involving squeezed light generation.
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