Phase-locked white-light continuum pulses: toward a universal optical frequency-comb synthesizer
Anno: 2000
Autori: Bellini M., Hansch T.W.
Affiliazione autori: Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata, Largo E Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, Italy; European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia, Largo E. Fermi 2, 50125 Firenze, Italy;
Department of Physics, University of Florence, Italy;
Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik, P.O. Box 1513, D-85740 Garching, Germany
Abstract: We demonstrate that two white-light continuum pulses that are independently generated by phase-locked ultrashort laser pulses are locked in phase and show surprisingly clear and stable Young interference fringes. The experiment shows that the two generated continua emit essentially in phase and that random phase jitter can remain negligible. This result is not only of interest for studies of nonlinear field-matter interactions but also suggests that such white-light continuum pulses can be used to realize a broad frequency comb for absolute frequency measurements from the IR to the UV. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America
Giornale/Rivista: OPTICS LETTERS
Volume: 25 (14) Da Pagina: 1049 A: 1051
Parole chiavi: White light, Laser mode locking; Light interference; Refractive index; Ultraviolet radiation, Ultrashort pulsesDOI: 10.1364/OL.25.001049Citazioni: 137dati da “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) aggiornati al: 2024-05-05Riferimenti tratti da Isi Web of Knowledge: (solo abbonati) Link per visualizzare la scheda su IsiWeb: Clicca quiLink per visualizzare la citazioni su IsiWeb: Clicca qui