Overcoming the speckle correlation limit to achieve a fiber wavemeter with attometer resolution
Abstract
The measurement of the wavelength of light using speckle is a promising tool for the realization of compact and precise wavemeters and spectrometers. However, the resolution of these devices is limited by strong correlations between the speckle patterns produced by closely spaced wavelengths. Here, we show how principal component analysis of speckle images provides a route to overcome this limit. Using this, we demonstrate a compact wavemeter that measures attometer-scale wavelength changes of a stabilized diode laser, eight orders of magnitude below the speckle correlation limit.
Citation
Bruce , G D , O'Donnell , L , Chen , M & Dholakia , K 2019 , ' Overcoming the speckle correlation limit to achieve a fiber wavemeter with attometer resolution ' , Optics Letters , vol. 44 , no. 6 , pp. 1367-1370 . https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.44.001367
Publication
Optics Letters
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0146-9592Type
Journal article
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