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Optica, Optics Express, 8(28), p. 11372, 2020

DOI: 10.1364/oe.390956

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High-power spectral beamsplitter for closely spaced frequencies

Journal article published in 2020 by C.-H. D. Marciniak ORCID, A. Rischka, R. N. Wolf ORCID, M. J. Biercuk
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

An experimental realization of a compact, high-power spectral beamsplitter for nearly equal frequencies and identical polarization based on two-beam interference in a free-space Mach-Zehnder interferometer is presented. We demonstrate the power- and cost-efficient generation and subsequent spatial separation of two laser tones from a single sum-frequency-generation stage using double-sideband suppressed-carrier modulation in the infrared, and beam splitting in the visible at high power. The interferometer spectrally splits >98 % of the incident power when accounting for bulk absorption. The beamsplitter can be constructed identically for any power or spectral range required for which suitable optics are available.