Highly stable femtosecond laser for synthesis and measurement of optical frequencies

Author

Bagayev, S.N. ; Chepurov, S.V. ; Klementyev, V.M. ; Kuznetsov, S.A. ; Pivtsov, Victor S. ; Zakharyash, V.F.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Laser Phys., Acad. of Sci., Novosibirsk, Russia

fYear

2000

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2000

Abstract

Summary form only given, as follows. The creation of a highly stable femtosecond self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser using simultaneous stabilization of the frequency of intermode beats and optical frequency is reported. The frequency stability of intermode beats is 10/sup -14/ in 1000 s is obtained. The results of using this laser for the synthesis and measurement of optical frequencies or the difference of optical frequencies in IR, visible, and UV spectral ranges are presented. The principles of creation of a femtosecond optical clock with the use of the frequency of He-Ne/CH/sub 4/-standard as a reference are discussed.

Keywords

clocks; frequency measurement; high-speed optical techniques; laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; laser modes; optical variables measurement; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; 1000 s; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Ti; He-Ne; He-Ne/methane-standard; IR spectral ranges; Ti:sapphire laser; UV spectral ranges; femtosecond laser; femtosecond optical clock; frequency stability; frequency stabilization; highly stable femtosecond laser; intermode beats; measurement; optical frequencies; optical frequency; reference; self-mode-locked laser; synthesis; visible spectral ranges; Clocks; Frequency measurement; Frequency synthesizers; Laser stability; Laser theory; Physics; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics Conference, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 International

Conference_Location

Nice, France

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6318-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IQEC.2000.908188

Filename

908188