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Optical frequency synthesizer for precision spectroscopy
- Source :
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Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2000 Sep 11; Vol. 85 (11), pp. 2264-7. - Publication Year :
- 2000
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Abstract
- We have used the frequency comb generated by a femtosecond mode-locked laser and broadened to more than an optical octave in a photonic crystal fiber to realize a frequency chain that links a 10 MHz radio frequency reference phase-coherently in one step to the optical region. By comparison with a similar frequency chain we set an upper limit for the uncertainty of this new approach to 5. 1x10(-16). This opens the door for measurement and synthesis of virtually any optical frequency and is ready to revolutionize frequency metrology.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1079-7114
- Volume :
- 85
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Physical review letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10977987
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.2264