Precision stabilization of femtosecond lasers to high-finesse optical cavities

R. Jason Jones; Isabell Thomann; Jun Ye

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.69.051803

Precision stabilization of femtosecond lasers to high-finesse optical cavities

R. Jason Jones, Isabell Thomann, Jun Ye

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The frequency stability of a high finesse reference cavity was transferred to the entire femtosecond comb using a single error signal from the cavity. The signal was sent through a loop filter and fed back to a piezoelectric transducer attached to an end mirror of the laser for the control of the laser cavity length. The beat signals were characterized in terms of the resulting linewidth and the frequency stability. Using an independent stable continuous wave laser, it was verified that the linewidth and stability of the optical comb components, reach below 300 Hz and 5×10 ^-14 at 1 s averaging time.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	051803
Pages (from-to)	051803-1-051803-4
Journal	Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume	69
Issue number	5 A
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.69.051803
State	Published - May 2004
Externally published	Yes

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