Reduced pulse energy for frequency comb offset stabilization with a dual-pitch periodically poled lithium niobate ridge waveguide

The pulse energy for stabilizing the carrier-envelop offset frequency of an Er-doped fiber laser was reduced by a dual-pitch (DP-) periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) ridge waveguide implemented in a 2f-to-3f self-referencing interferometer (SRI). The pulse energy requirement was less than half that for a single-pitch PPLN ridge waveguide implemented in an f-to-2f SRI. We also found that environmental noise could be reduced by adjusting the pulse energy for frequency stabilization with the DP-PPLN ridge waveguide, as estimated from the phase noise of an out-of-loop interferometer.