A method for independent and continuous tuning of $N$ lasers phase-locked to the same frequency comb

Abstract

We present a method of phase-locking any number of continuous-wave lasers to an optical frequency comb (OFC) that enables independent frequency positioning and control of each laser while still maintaining lock to the OFC. The scheme employs an acousto-optic modulator (AOM) in a double pass configuration added to each laser before its light is compared by optical heterodyne with the comb. The only requirement is that the tuning bandwidth of the double pass AOM setup be larger than half the OFC repetition rate. We demonstrate this scheme and achieve an arbitrary frequency tuning precision, a tuning rate of 200~MHz/s and a readout precision at the 1~kHz level.

Minor changes like a brief discussion of the limitations of our method with respect to previous solutions (which is of no consequence to the claims made in the original submission). Added ref. 19

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