Carrier-Envelope Phase Control of Femtosecond Mode-Locked Lasers and Direct Optical Frequency Synthesis
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We stabilized the carrier-envelope phase of the pulses emitted by a femtosecond mode-locked laser by using the powerful tools of frequency-domain laser stabilization. We confirmed control of the pulse-to-pulse carrier-envelope phase using temporal cross correlation. This phase stabilization locks the absolute frequencies emitted by the laser, which we used to perform absolute optical frequency measurements that were directly referenced to a stable microwave clock.
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The prospect is due to the rapid development of time and frequency science, and the possibility that clocks or time-keeping systems and portable clocks with stability better than 1 × 10^-18 might be available in the near future.
“This is due to the fact that the time and frequency science develop very quickly, and clocks or time-keeping systems and portable clocks with the stability better than 1 × 10 -18 might be available in the near future [22,27].”
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- Authors
- Jones, D. J., Diddams, S. A., Ranka, J. K., Stentz, A., Windeler, R. S., Hall, J. L., & Cundiff, S. T.
- Affiliations
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (US)
- Alcatel-Lucent (France) (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Jones, David J.
- Diddams, Scott A.
- Hall, John L.
- Cundiff, Steven T.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2000-04-28
- Volume
- 288
- Issue
- 5466
- Pages
- 635-639
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
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- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Advanced Frequency and Time Standards
- Keywords
- carrier-envelope phase control, femtosecond mode-locked laser, optical frequency synthesis, temporal cross-correlation, ultrafast lasers
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