Direct link between microwave and optical frequencies with a 300 THz femtosecond laser comb

By Scott A. Diddams, David J. Jones, Jun Ye, Steven T. Cundiff, John L. Hall, J. Ranka, R. Windeler, Ronald Holzwarth, T. Udem, T. Hänsch. Physical Review Letters, 2000

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Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Spectroscopy

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Supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber (2006, methodology): “With PCF-generated SC spectra possessing bandwidths exceeding an octave, it was possible to measure and control the absolute position of the frequency comb using an interferometric technique based on the beat note from SC components at frequencies f and 2f Diddams et al., 2000; Jones et al., 2000 .”
Numerical simulations and coherence properties of supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal and tapered optical fibers (2002, background): “Such broad-band SC spectra have already found application in optical coherence tomography [11] and, particularly, in optical frequency metrology where they have allowed successful bridging of the optical-microwave frequency gap [12]‐[ 14 ].”
Optical frequency comb generation from a monolithic microresonator (2007, background): “Since their inception frequency combs have triggered major advances in optical frequency metrology and precision measurements[6, 7] and in applications such as broadband laser-based gas sensing[8] and molecular fingerprinting[9].”
Cavity-enhanced direct frequency comb spectroscopy (2008, background): “An optical frequency comb (OFC) [1–8] can be defined in the frequency domain as a series of narrow, equally spaced lines with a known, and controllable, optical frequency and a well-defined phase relationship between them.”
Nobel Lecture: Passion for precision* (2006, background): “John Hall’s team in Boulder experienced similar difficulties at first, but in October 1999, they could demonstrate the first octave-spanning selfreferencing laser frequency comb after finally securing some of the holey fiber Diddams et al., 2000; Jones et al., 2000 .”