Abstract
We have actively stabilized the comb of frequencies from a mode-locked femtosecond laser using a Fabry-Perot reference cavity. This technique offers the ability to synthesize a comb of highly stable radio frequencies directly from optical transitions. The measured fractional frequency instability of the components of the frequency comb relative to the reference cavity was in 0.1 sec. The variation of the optical mode spacing versus frequency of the reference cavity was also directly measured using this technique.
- Received 20 September 2000
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3288
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