@article{1786,
  author = {F. Cruz and M. Stowe and Jun Ye},
  title = {Tapered semiconductor amplifiers for optical frequency combs in the near infrared},
  abstract = {	
A tapered semiconductor amplifier is injection seeded by a femtosecond optical frequency comb at 780nm from a mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser. Energy gains of more than 17dB (12dB ) are obtained for 1mW (20mW) of average input power when the input pulses are stretched into the picosecond range. A spectral window of supercontinuum light generated in a photonic fiber has also been amplified. Interferometric measurements show sub-Hertz linewidths for a heterodyne beat between the input and amplified comb components, yielding no detectable phase-noise degradation under amplication. These amplifiers can be used to boost the infrared power in f-to- 2f interferometers used to determine the carrier-to-envelope offset frequency, with clear advantages for stabilization of octave-spanning femtosecond lasers and other supercontinuum light sources.

© 2006 Optical Society of America},
  year = {2006},
  journal = {Optics Letters},
  volume = {31},
  pages = {1337},
  month = {2006-05},
  issn = {0146-9592},
  doi = {10.1364/OL.31.001337},
}