Optical heterodyning with a frequency difference of 1 THz in the 850-nm range

Opt Lett. 1994 Sep 1;19(17):1275-7. doi: 10.1364/ol.19.001275.

Abstract

We report our recent progress on detection of large frequency difference (up to 1.028 THz, Deltalambda = 2.5 nm) between two laser diodes at 852 nm, using a Schottky diode as harmonic mixer/detector. Using the 11th harmonic of a klystron operating at 93.5 GHz or the 991-GHz line of an optically pumped HCOOH far-infrared laser, we were able to observe a signal-to-noise ratio of 2 dB in a 1-MHz-resolution bandwidth.