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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
