International comparisons of femtosecond laser frequency combs

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 746-749

  Ma, Long Sheng ^a,b   Bi, Zhiyi ^a   Bartels, Albrecht ^c   Robertsson, Lennart ^a   Zucco, Massimo ^a,d   Windeler, Robert S ^e   Wilpers, Guido ^c   Oates, Chris ^c   Hollberg, Leo ^c   Diddams, Scott A ^c  

^a PAVILLON DE BRETEUIL   (France)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; Frequency measurement; Frequency standards

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY STANDARDS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PUMPING (LASER); SOLID STATE LASERS;

FEMTOSECOND LASER; FREQUENCY COMBS; FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 20244365352     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2005.843580     Document Type: Article

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