The optical equivalent to a microwave frequency synthesizer

We present an arbitrary optical single-frequency generator based on a femtosecond optical frequency comb. The absolute frequency accuracy is around 1 kHz at 282 THz, the stability is 2/spl middot/10/sup -14/ at 100 s and the tuning speed exceeds 30 GHz/s.

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Main Authors: Schibli, T.R., Minoshima, K., Hong, F.-L., Inaba, H., Bitou, Y., Onae, A., Matsumoto, H.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Atom optics
Frequency synthesizers
Laser mode locking
Laser tuning
Metrology
Optical interferometry
Optical tuning
Servomechanisms
Tunable circuits and devices
Ultrafast optics
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Summary:We present an arbitrary optical single-frequency generator based on a femtosecond optical frequency comb. The absolute frequency accuracy is around 1 kHz at 282 THz, the stability is 2/spl middot/10/sup -14/ at 100 s and the tuning speed exceeds 30 GHz/s.
DOI:10.1109/CLEO.2005.202087