• DocumentCode
    733561
  • Title

    Offset-free supercontinuum frequency comb for optical clocks

  • Author

    Nakmura, Takuma ; Ito, Isao ; Silva, Alissa ; Tani, Shuntaro ; Kobayashi, Yohei

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Solid State Phys., Univ. of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Difference-frequency mixing two portions of a broadened Yb:fiber laser spectrum leads to an offset-free supercontinuum. To demonstrate full phase stabilization of the comb, a single comb mode was locked to an optical reference.
  • Keywords
    atomic clocks; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; multiwave mixing; optical frequency combs; supercontinuum generation; ytterbium; broadened Yb:fiber laser spectrum; difference-frequency mixing; full phase stabilization; offset-free supercontinuum frequency comb; optical clocks; optical reference; single comb mode; Clocks; Frequency measurement; Laser stability; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical mixing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184001