Title :
Femtosecond comb measurements of optical frequency standards at NPL
Author :
Lea, Stephen ; Margolis, H.S. ; Huang, Guo ; Barwood, G.P. ; Klein, H.A. ; Webster, S.A. ; Gill, P.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Phys. Lab., Teddington, UK
Abstract :
In this paper we report on absolute frequency measurements which have been made at NPL of strontium and ytterbium ion trap optical frequency standards and various vapour and gas-cell optical frequency standards, using a femtosecond optical frequency comb referenced to a hydrogen maser.
Keywords :
frequency standards; high-speed optical techniques; laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; masers; radiation pressure; H; NPL; Sr; Yb; absolute frequency measurements; femtosecond comb measurements; femtosecond laser frequency comb generators; femtosecond optical frequency comb referencing; gas-cell optical frequency standards; hydrogen maser; optical frequency standards; strontium; vapour optical frequency standards; ytterbium ion trap optical frequency standards; Biomedical optical imaging; Fiber lasers; Frequency measurement; Laser transitions; Masers; Measurement standards; Optical harmonic generation; Particle beam optics; Probes; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7500-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2002.1134035
