Title :
Precise stabilization of a femtosecond laser comb to a high finesse, passive optical cavity
Author :
Jones, R. Jason ; Holman, Kevin W. ; Thomann, Isabell ; Ye, Jun
Author_Institution :
JILA, Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We report on direct stabilization of a femtosecond comb to a stable optical cavity with an analysis of various stabilization schemes. An absolute fractional frequency instability of <7 /spl times/ 10/sup -14/ at 1 second is measured.
Keywords :
frequency measurement; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser frequency stability; 1 sec; femtosecond laser comb; fractional frequency instability; high finesse optical cavity; passive optical cavity; precise stabilization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
