Title :
Continuous comparison of two fiber based fs-frequency combs
Author :
Kubina, P. ; Adel, P. ; Hänsch, T.W. ; Holzwarth, R. ; Schnatz, Harald ; Lipphardt, Burghard ; Grosche, Gesine
Author_Institution :
Max-Planck-Inst. fur Quantenopt., Garching, Germany
Abstract :
Erbium-doped femtosecond fiber lasers are ideal comb generators for optical frequency metrology. We compare two such systems and find agreement within 2×10-16. This is to our knowledge the first thorough test of fiber-based frequency combs.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; frequency standards; high-speed optical techniques; measurement by laser beam; comb generators; erbium-doped fiber lasers; femtosecond fiber lasers; femtosecond-frequency combs; fiber based frequency combs; optical frequency metrology; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical harmonic generation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202311
