Femtosecond laser frequency comb for precision astrophysical spectroscopy

Author

Li, Chih-Hao ; Benedick, Andrew J. ; Cramer, Claire E. ; Chang, Guoqing ; Chen, Li-Jin ; Fendel, Peter ; Furesz, Gabor ; Glenday, Alexander G. ; Kaertner, Franz X. ; Phillips, David F. ; Sasselov, Dimitar ; Szentgyorgyi, Andrew ; Walsworth, Ronald L.

Author_Institution

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophys., Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

High-resolution spectroscopy is a crucial tool for cosmology and the search for extrasolar planets. We present a laser comb with up to 40-GHz line spacing for use as a new spectrographic calibration source.

Keywords

astronomical spectra; astronomical techniques; cosmology; extrasolar planets; high-speed optical techniques; measurement by laser beam; spectroscopy; cosmology; extrasolar planets; femtosecond laser frequency comb; high-resolution spectroscopy; precision astrophysical spectroscopy; spectrographic calibration source; Astrophysics; Calibration; Extrasolar planet; Fabry-Perot; Frequency; Mass spectroscopy; Reproducibility of results; Stability; Synthesizers; Ultrafast optics; 320.7160; 350.1270;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225405