Accuracy comparison of absolute optical frequency measurement between harmonic-generation synthesis and a frequency-division femtosecond comb

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 3797-3800

  Ye, Jun ^a,d   Yoon, Tai Hyun ^a,e   Hall, John L ^a,d   Madej, Alan A ^b   Bernard, John E ^b   Siemsen, Klaus J ^b   Marmet, Louis ^b   Chartier, Jean Marie ^c   Chartier, Annick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c PAVILLON DE BRETEUIL   (France)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; HELIUM NEON LASERS; IONS; LASER MODE LOCKING; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

FREQUENCY DIVISION FEMTOSECOND COMB; HARMONIC GENERATION SYNTHESIS; IODINE STABILIZED HELIUM NEON LASER; KERR LENS MODE LOCKED FEMTOSECOND LASER; OPTICAL FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0034292584     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.3797     Document Type: Article

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