Title :
All-optical stabilization of a microresonator frequency comb
Author :
Beha, Katja ; Papp, Scott B. ; Del´Haye, Pascal ; Quinlan, Franklyn ; Lee, Hongseok ; Vahala, Kerry J. ; Diddams, Scott A.
Author_Institution :
Time & Freq. Div. 688, Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate an optical clock based on stabilization of a microcomb to rubidium optical transitions. The clock´s output is the 33 GHz microcomb line spacing, which is a coherent, integer sub-division of the rubidium reference.
Keywords :
light coherence; micro-optics; microcavities; optical frequency combs; optical resonators; rubidium; Rb; all-optical stabilization; microresonator frequency comb; optical clock; optical coherence; rubidium optical transitions; Atom optics; Clocks; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
