Optical frequency synthesizer for precision spectroscopy

被引：1025

作者：

Holzwarth, R

Udem, T

Hänsch, TW

Knight, JC

Wadsworth, WJ

Russell, PSJ

机构：

[1] Max Planck Inst Quantum Opt, D-85748 Garching, Germany

[2] Univ Bath, Dept Phys, Optoelect Grp, Bath BA2 7AY, Avon, England

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2000年 / 85卷 / 11期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.2264

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We have used the frequency comb generated by a femtosecond mode-locked laser and broadened to more than an optical octave in a photonic crystal fiber to realize a frequency chain that links a 10 MHz radio frequency reference phase-coherently in one step to the optical region. By comparison with a similar frequency chain we set an upper limit for the uncertainty of this new approach to 5.1 X 10(-16). This opens the door for measurement and synthesis of virtually any optical frequency and is ready to revolutionize frequency metrology.

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页码：2264 / 2267

页数：4

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