We present the design of a novel Bragg grating based frequency reference with an expected frequency accuracy of 50MHz and a tuning range of more than 20GHz optimized for potassium-based quantum technology applications.
Performance analysis of optical isolators based on the nonreciprocal property of optical bistability in tapered and chirped nonlinear Bragg grating (NLBG) has been carried out. The design method for detuning adjustment according to input power level and expected on-off ratio is also provided. The results display that, for tapered NLBG, the broad operation range and greater on-off ratio can be achieved by using larger taper slope; there exists an optimization range of chirp coefficient for chirped NLBG; the operation range boundary is shifted toward lower input power with the increased detuning; and the tapered NLBG is more preferable to obtain the larger on-off ratio and wider operation range simultaneously compared with chirped NLBG.
A method for the agile generation of the optical frequencies required for laser cooling and atom interferometry of rubidium is demonstrated. It relies on fiber Bragg grating technology to filter the output of an electro-optic modulator and was demonstrated in an alignment-free, single-seed, frequency-doubled fiber laser system. The system was capable of frequency switching over a 30 GHz range in less than 40 ns, with ∼ 0.5 W output power and amplitude modulation with a ∼ 15 n s rise/fall time and an extinction ratio exceeding 80 dB. The technology is ideal for enabling high-bandwidth, mobile industrial, and space applications of quantum technologies.