S. Salman, Yuxuan Ma, K. Gürel, S. Schilt, Chen Li, P. Pfäfflein, C. Mahnke, J. Fellinger, S. Droste, A. S. Mayer, O. Heckl, T. Südmeyer, C. Heyl, I. Hartl
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We present a comparison of two low-noise carrier-envelope offset (CEO) frequency stabilization methods studied using an ytterbium (Yb) fiber laser oscillator based on a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror. We first investigate the phase locking performance achieved with cross-gain modulation (XGM) via injection of an auxiliary low-power continuous-wave (CW) laser into the fiber gain medium. Amplification of the injected CW laser light cross-modulates the gain of the oscillator, resulting in an intra-cavity power modulation, thus providing control of the CEO frequency. The XGM method is then compared with the conventional pump-current modulation scheme. Both stabilization methods provide similar locking performances with sub-200-mrad of integrated residual carrier-envelope-phase (CEP) noise (10 Hz to 1 MHz), suitable for high-resolution comb spectroscopy applications.