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Optical frequency stabilization of a 10 GHz Ti:sapphire frequency comb by saturated absorption spectroscopy in 87Rubidium
Published
Author(s)
Dirk Heinecke, Albrecht Bartels, Tara M. Fortier, Danielle Braje, Leo Hollberg, Scott A. Diddams
Abstract
The high power per mode of a recently-developed 10 GHz femtosecond Ti:sapphire frequency comb permits nonlinear Doppler-free saturation spectroscopy in 87Rubidium with a single mode of the comb. We use this access to the natural linewidth of the Rubidium D2 line to effectively stabilize the optical frequencies of the comb with precision of 7 10-12 in 1 second of averaging. The repetition rate is stabilized to a microwave reference. The stability of the 10 GHz comb is characterized using optical heterodyne with an independent self-referenced 1 GHz comb. In addition, we present alternative stabilization approaches for high repetition rate frequency combs and evaluate their expected stabilities.
Citation
Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)
Heinecke, D.
, Bartels, A.
, Fortier, T.
, Braje, D.
, Hollberg, L.
and Diddams, S.
(2009),
Optical frequency stabilization of a 10 GHz Ti:sapphire frequency comb by saturated absorption spectroscopy in 87Rubidium, Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics), [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=903059
(Accessed October 1, 2025)