Optical frequency synthesis from a cryogenic sapphire oscillator using a fiber-based frequency comb

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 632-636

  Watabe, Ken Ichi ^a   Inaba, Hajime ^a   Okumura, Kenichiro ^a   Hong, Feng Lei ^a   Hartnett, John G ^b   Locke, Clayton R ^b   Santarelli, Giorgio ^c   Yanagimachi, Shinya ^a   Minoshima, Kaoru ^a   Ikegami, Takeshi ^a   Onae, Atsushi ^a   Ohshima, Shin ichi ^a   Matsumoto, Hirokazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Cryogenic sapphire resonator; Fiber based frequency comb; Frequency synthesizer; Microwave oscillator; Optical frequency synthesis; Rubidium two photon stabilized laser

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; FREQUENCY STABILITY; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PHOTONS; RUBIDIUM;

CRYOGENIC SAPPHIRE RESONATOR; FIBER-BASED FREQUENCY COMB; OPTICAL FREQUENCY SYNTHESIS;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 34047231510     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.891073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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