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Femtosecond Combs for Precision Metrology

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Femtosecond Laser Spectroscopy

Abstract

A new stage of development of optical clocks and synthesizers is possible with the use of highly stable femtosecond lasers. Using femtosecond lasers and special optical fibres, a highly stable frequency comb covering the frequency interval up to several hundreds of THz with a spacing from 100 MHz to 1 GHz has been developed. Experimental schemes for the femtosecond optical clock based on the He-Ne/CH4 and Nd:YAG/I2 frequency standards are presented. The possibility of using tapered fibres for optical clocks and synthesizers is investigated. It is shown that, depending on their influence on the frequency characteristics of the spectral components of the transmitted radiation, tapered fibres can be used in femtosecond optical clocks and synthesizers.

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    S. N. Bagayev, V. I. Denisov, V. M. Klementyev, I. I. Korel, S. A. Kuznetsov, V. S. Pivtsov & V. F. Zakharyash

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Bagayev, S.N. et al. (2005). Femtosecond Combs for Precision Metrology. In: Hannaford, P. (eds) Femtosecond Laser Spectroscopy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23294-X_4

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