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Vibration immune fiber-laser frequency comb based on a polarization-maintaining figure-eight laser

Published

Author(s)

Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, Esther Baumann, Jeffrey W. Nicholson, William C. Swann, Ian R. Coddington, Nathan R. Newbury

Abstract

A frequency comb is phase-locked to a cw laser with an electro-optic-modulator providing 1.6 MHz feedback bandwidth. Residual phase noise is as low as -94 dBc/Hz, and the comb remained locked under mechanical vibration of up to 1.9 g.
Proceedings Title
Tech. Dig., Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)
Conference Dates
May 31-June 5, 2009
Conference Location
Baltimore, MD
Conference Title
Annual Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO ) and the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS )

Keywords

fiber frequency comb, vibration sensitivity

Citation

Giorgetta, F. , Baumann, E. , Nicholson, J. , Swann, W. , Coddington, I. and Newbury, N. (2009), Vibration immune fiber-laser frequency comb based on a polarization-maintaining figure-eight laser, Tech. Dig., Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Baltimore, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=901116 (Accessed October 27, 2025)

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Created May 20, 2009, Updated February 19, 2017
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