Testing ultrafast mode-locking at microhertz relative optical linewidth

被引：18

作者：

Martin, Michael J. ^{[1
,2
]}

Foreman, Seth M. ^{[1
,2
]}

Schibli, T. R. ^{[1
,2
]}

Ye, Jun ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Colorado, JILA, Natl Inst Stand & Technol, Boulder, CO 80309 USA

[2] Univ Colorado, Dept Phys, Boulder, CO 80309 USA

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2009年 / 17卷 / 02期

关键词：

CARRIER-ENVELOPE PHASE; LASER FREQUENCY COMBS; LOCKED LASERS; FEMTOSECOND LASER; LATTICE CLOCK; UNCERTAINTY; NOISE; STABILIZATION; MOLECULES; METROLOGY;

D O I：

10.1364/OE.17.000558

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We report new limits on the phase coherence of the ultrafast mode-locking process in an octave-spanning Ti:sapphire comb. We find that the mode-locking mechanism correlates optical phase across a full optical octave with less than 2.5 mu Hz relative linewidth. This result is at least two orders of magnitude below recent predictions for quantum-limited individual comb-mode linewidths, verifying that the mode-locking mechanism strongly correlates quantum noise across the comb spectrum. (C) 2008 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：558 / 568

页数：11

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