Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 International
Conference_Location :
Nice, France
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6318-3
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC.2000.908188
