Frequency uncertainty for optically referenced femtosecond laser frequency combs

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-146

  Ma, Long Sheng ^a,b   Bi, Zhiyi ^b   Bartels, Albrecht ^c,d   Kim, Kyoungsik ^c,e   Robertsson, Lennart ^a   Zucco, Massimo ^a,f   Windeler, Robert S ^g   Wilpers, Guido ^c,h   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 Gigaoptics GmbH   (Germany)

^e Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^f National Institute of Meterological Research   (Italy)

^g OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^h NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; Frequency comb; Optical frequency metrology

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

BROADBAND FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY COMB; LASER OSCILLATOR; OPTICAL FREQUENCY METROLOGY;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 33847341573     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.886836     Document Type: Article

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