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Coherent fiber-based frequency combs and cw lasers at 1550 nm

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Nathan R. Newbury, William C. Swann, Ian R. Coddington, Paul A. Williams

Abstract

Coherent optical sources in the 1550 nm region of the spectrum have a number of applications in frequency metrology, stable frequency transfer, precision spectroscopy and remote sensing. A narrow-linewidth (~ 1 Hz) single-frequency source can be generated by phase-locking a cw fiber laser to a stable optical cavity. A comb of such narrow linewidth sources can be generated by phase-locking a mode-locked, femtosecond fiber laser to a single narrow cw source. We will discuss the current development of our narrow linewidth cw and pulsed sources at 1550 nm and some of the applications that can benefit from such coherent sources.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of SPIE Volume 6673
Volume
6673
Conference Dates
August 26-30, 2007
Conference Location
San Diego, CA
Conference Title
SPIE conference on Time and Frequency Metrology
Pub Type
Conferences

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Keywords

frequency comb, frequency metrology, narrow linewidth laser

Citation

Newbury, N. , Swann, W. , Coddington, I. and Williams, P. (2007), Coherent fiber-based frequency combs and cw lasers at 1550 nm, Proceedings of SPIE Volume 6673, San Diego, CA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=32748 (Accessed October 9, 2025)

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Created August 26, 2007, Updated February 17, 2017
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