Title :
Optical frequency measurements at the National Research Council
Author :
Bernard, J.E. ; Madej, A.A. ; Siemsen, K.J. ; Dube, P. ; Marmet, L. ; Czajkowski, A. ; Windeler, R.S.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Nat. Meas. Stand., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Experiments are described in which a conventional infrared frequency chain is used to measure the frequency of stable laser sources at 10.4 /spl mu/m and 1.5 /spl mu/m. Details are given of a femtosecond frequency comb, which will eventually replace the infrared chain.
Keywords :
frequency measurement; infrared sources; laser mode locking; laser variables measurement; 1.5 micron; 10.4 micron; IR frequency chain; fS frequency comb; femtosecond frequency comb; infrared frequency chain; mode locked lasers; optical frequency measurements; stable laser source frequency measurement; Clocks; Councils; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency measurement; Laser transitions; Measurement standards; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Particle beam optics; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Precision Electromagnetic Measurements, 2002. Conference Digest 2002 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7242-5
DOI :
10.1109/CPEM.2002.1034931
