• DocumentCode
    2885646
  • Title

    Femtosecond laser frequency combs: optical synthesizers for precision spectroscopy and frequency metrology

  • Author

    Diddams, S. ; Bartels, A. ; Fortier, T. ; Ivanov, E. ; Kim, K. ; McFerran, J. ; Oskay, W.H. ; Wilpers, G. ; Oates, C.W. ; Bergquist, J.C. ; Hollberg, L. ; Gerginov, V. ; Tanner, C.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Time & Frequency Div., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-17 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    184
  • Abstract
    This paper discusses the properties of femtosecond laser frequency combs (FLFC) stabilized to optical cavities and atomic transitions. This work also describes the synthesis of low noise microwave frequencies and presents FLFC utilization for high-resolution spectroscopy.
  • Keywords
    frequency standards; high-speed optical techniques; microwave generation; spectroscopy; atomic transitions; femtosecond laser frequency combs; frequency metrology; high-resolution spectroscopy; low noise microwave frequencies; optical cavities; optical synthesizers; precision spectroscopy; Atom lasers; Atom optics; Frequency synthesizers; Laser noise; Laser transitions; Masers; Metrology; Optical noise; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005. EQEC '05. European
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8973-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567351
  • Filename
    1567351