Operation of an optically coherent frequency comb outside the metrology lab
Abstract
We demonstrate a self-referenced fiber frequency comb that can operate outside the well-controlled optical laboratory. The frequency comb has residual optical linewidths of < 1 Hz, sub-radian residual optical phase noise, and residual pulse-to-pulse timing jitter of 2.4 - 5 fs, when locked to an optical reference. This fully phase-locked frequency comb has been successfully operated in a moving vehicle with 0.5 g peak accelerations and on a shaker table with a sustained 0.5 g rms integrated acceleration, while retaining its optical coherence and 5-fs-level timing jitter. This frequency comb should enable metrological measurements outside the laboratory with the precision and accuracy that are the hallmarks of comb-based systems. Work of the U.S. government, not subject to copyright
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@article{arxiv.1312.6072,
title = {Operation of an optically coherent frequency comb outside the metrology lab},
author = {Laura C. Sinclair and Ian Coddington and William C. Swann and Greg B. Rieker and Archita Hati and Kana Iwakuni and Nathan R. Newbury},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.6072},
year = {2015}
}