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Open-path measurement of stable water isotopologues using mid-infrared dual-comb spectroscopy

September 8, 2023
Author(s)
Daniel Herman, Griffin Mead, Fabrizio Giorgetta, Esther Baumann, Nathan Malarich, Brian Washburn, Nathan R. Newbury, Ian Coddington, Kevin Cossel
We present an open-path mid-infrared dual-comb spectrometer (DCS) capable of precise measurement of the stable water isotopologues H216O and HD16O. This system runs in a remote configuration at a rural test site with high uptime and achieves a precision of

Quantum-limited optical time transfer for future geosynchronous links

June 21, 2023
Author(s)
Emily Caldwell, Jean-Daniel Deschenes, Jennifer Ellis, William C. Swann, Benjamin Stuhl, Hugo Bergeron, Nathan R. Newbury, Laura Sinclair
The combination of optical time transfer and optical clocks opens up the possibility of large-scale free-space networks that connect both ground-based optical clocks and future space-based optical clocks. Such networks promise better tests of general

Validation of open-path dual-comb spectroscopy against an O2 background

January 30, 2023
Author(s)
Nathan Malarich, Brian Washburn, Kevin Cossel, Fabrizio Giorgetta, Griffin Mead, Daniel Herman, Nathan R. Newbury, Ian Coddington
Dual-comb spectroscopy measures greenhouse gas concentrations over kilometer-length open-air paths with high precision. However, characterizing the absolute accuracy of these outdoor measurements is challenging, as most gas species have fluctuating

Optical Atomic Clock aboard an Earth-orbiting Space Station (OACESS): Enhancing searches for physics beyond the standard model in space

November 18, 2022
Author(s)
Vladimir Schkolnik, Dmitry Budker, Oliver Farttman, Victor Flambaum, Leo Hollberg, Tigran Kalaydzhyan, Shimon Kolkowitz, Markus Krutzik, Andrew Ludlow, Nathan R. Newbury, Christopher Pyrlik, Laura Sinclair, Yevgeny Stadnik, Ingmari Tietje, Jun Ye, Jason Williams
We present a concept for a high-precision optical atomic clock (OAC) operating on an Earth-orbiting space station. This pathfinder science mission will compare the space-based OAC with one or more ultra-stable terrestrial OACs to search for space-time

The time-programmable frequency comb and its use in quantum-limited ranging

October 27, 2022
Author(s)
Emily Caldwell, Laura Sinclair, Nathan R. Newbury, Jean-Daniel Deschenes
Two decades after its invention, the frequency comb is an unparalleled ruler for frequency, time, and distance metrology due to the rigid spacing of its optical output. Here, in contrast, we demonstrate a programable frequency comb by combining self

Fundamental Physics with a State-of-the-Art Optical Clock in Space

July 21, 2022
Author(s)
Andrei Derevianko, Kurt Gibble, Leo Hollberg, Nathan R. Newbury, Chris Oates, Marianna Safranova, Laura Sinclair
Recent advances in optical atomic clocks and optical time transfer have enabled new possibilities in precision metrology for both tests of fundamental physics and timing applications. Here we describe a space mission concept that would place a state-of-the

Ultra-low Power Dual Frequency Comb Ranging

June 30, 2022
Author(s)
Emily Caldwell, Laura Sinclair, Jean-Daniel Deschenes, Nathan R. Newbury
Dual comb ranging is a well-established method of laser-based ranging that exploits frequency combs to provide absolute, high-precision measurements. It suffers, however, from a significant power penalty when compared with conventional FMCW LIDAR. Here, we

Time Programmable Frequency Comb

May 15, 2022
Author(s)
Emily Caldwell, Laura Sinclair, Nathan R. Newbury, Jean-Daniel Deschenes
We demonstrate a programmable optical frequency comb that emits coherent pulses with user-specified time and phase at sub-10 attosecond accuracy while maintaining the underlying referenced stability characteristic of combs.

Photon Efficient Optical Time Transfer

April 24, 2022
Author(s)
Emily Caldwell, Laura Sinclair, William C. Swann, Nathan R. Newbury, Benjamin Stuhl, Jean-Daniel Deschenes
We present a novel frequency comb-based system for optical two-way time-frequency transfer to support very long distance free-space links between clocks. Our Photon-Efficient Agile Comb Optical Clock Synchronization (PEACOCS) system supports sub

A compact mid-infrared dual-comb spectrometer for outdoor spectroscopy

April 9, 2022
Author(s)
Gabriel Ycas, Fabrizio Giorgetta, Jacob T. Friedlein, Daniel Herman, Kevin Cossel, Esther Baumann, Nathan R. Newbury, Ian Coddington
This manuscript describes the design of a robust, mode-locked laser based, mid-infrared dual- comb spectrometer operating in the 3.1-µm to 4-µm spectral window. The design represents an improvement in signal-to-noise, system size, power consumption and

Advanced Tests of Fundamental Physics with State-of-the-Art Optical Clocks/Two-Way Time Links in Space

December 23, 2021
Author(s)
Chris Oates, Nathan R. Newbury, Laura Sinclair, Leo Hollberg, Andrei Derevianko, Marianna Safronova, Nan Yu, Kurt Gibble
Recent advances in optical atomic clocks and optical time transfer have enabled new possibilities in precision metrology for both tests of fundamental physics and timing applications. Space offers both the potential to vary significantly the gravitational

Fundamental Physics with a State-of-the-Art Optical Clock in Space

December 23, 2021
Author(s)
Andrei Derevianko, Kurt Gibble, Leo Hollberg, Nathan R. Newbury, Chris Oates, Laura Sinclair, Nan Yu
Recent advances in optical atomic clocks and optical time transfer have enabled new possibilities in precision metrology for both tests of fundamental physics and timing applications. Here we describe a space mission concept that would place a state-of-the

Obtaining More Energetic Modelocked Pulses From a SESAM Fiber Laser

July 6, 2020
Author(s)
Nathan R. Newbury, Laura Sinclair, Ian Coddington, Stefan Droste, Shaokang Wang, chaoran Tu, Seyed E. Jamali, Thomas Carruthers, Curtis Menyuk
Increasing the output power by increasing the pulse energy without increasing the noise level or decreasing the bandwidth is a major optimization goal for femtosecond fiber lasers that produce frequency combs. Here, we perform a computational study to

Dual-comb photoacoustic spectroscopy

June 19, 2020
Author(s)
Jacob T. Friedlein, Esther Baumann, Kimberly Briggman, Gabriel M. Colacion, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, Daniel I. Herman, Nathan R. Newbury, Jeeseong Hwang, Ian R. Coddington, Kevin C. Cossel, Gabriel Ycas, Christopher Yung, Eli V. Hoenig, Edgar F. Perez, Aaron Goldfain
Spectrally-resolved photoacoustic imaging is a promising technique for label-free imaging in optically scattering materials. However, this technique often requires acquisition of a separate image at each wavelength of interest. This reduces imaging speeds

Mid-Infrared Dual Frequency Comb Spectroscopy for Combustion Analysisin the 2.8 to 5 micron Spectral Region

June 7, 2020
Author(s)
Ian Coddington, Nathan R. Newbury, Greg Rieker, Amanda S. Makowiecki, Daniel Herman, Nazanin Hoghooghi, Elizabeth F. Strong, Gabriel Ycas, Fabrizio Giorgetta, Ryan Cole, Caelan Lapointe, Jeff Glusman, John Daily, Peter E. Hamlington
We demonstrate the application of mode-locked mid-infrared dual frequency comb spectroscopy for combustion analysis. With two settings of the same dual-comb system, the measurement spans 1500 cm-1 (2.8 to 5 microns) with 0.0067 cm-1 (200 MHz) point spacing

SAGE: A proposal for a Space Atomic Gravity Explorer

November 15, 2019
Author(s)
Nathan R. Newbury, Chris Oates, Jun Ye, Guglielmo Tino, A Bassi, G Bianco, K Bongs, L Cacciapuoti, M. L. Chiofalo, X Chen, A Derevianko, W Ertme, N Gaaloul, Patrick Gill, P. W. Graham, J. M. Hogan, L Iess, Mark Kasevich, H Katori, Carsten Klempt, X Lu, Long-Sheng Ma, H Muller, A Peters, N Poli, Rasel E, G Rosi, A Roura, C Salomon, S Schiller, W Sleich, D Schlippert, F Schreck, C Schubert, Sorrentino F, Uwe Sterr, J. W. Thomsen, G Vallone, F Vetrano, P Villoresi, W von Klitzing, P Wolf, Nan Yu, M.S. Zhan
The proposed mission \Space Atomic Gravity Explorer (SAGE) has the scientifi c objective to investigate gravitational waves, dark matter, and other fundamental aspects of gravity as well as the connection between gravitational physics and quantum physics

Multi-functional integrated photonics in the mid-infrared with suspended AlGaAs on silicon

September 18, 2019
Author(s)
Jeff Chiles, Nima Nader, Eric J. Stanton, Daniel Herman, Galan Moody, Biswarup Guha, Kartik Srinivasan, Scott Diddams, Ian Coddington, Nathan R. Newbury, Jeff Shainline, Sae Woo Nam, Richard Mirin, Jiangang Zhu, Juliet Gopinath, Connor Fredrick
The microscale integration of mid- and longwave-infrared photonics could enable the development of fieldable and reliable chemical sensors. The choice of material platform immediately determines the strength and types of optical nonlinearities available

Femtosecond Time Synchronization of Optical Clocks Off a Flying Quadcopter

April 18, 2019
Author(s)
Hugo Bergeron, Laura C. Sinclair, William C. Swann, Isaac H. Khader, Kevin C. Cossel, Michael A. Cermak, Jean-Daniel Deschenes, Nathan R. Newbury
Optical clock networks promise advances in global navigation, time distribution, coherent sensing, relativity experiments, dark matter searches and other areas1-12. Such networks will need to compare and synchronize clocks over free-space optical links

Dual comb spectroscopy with tailored spectral broadening in nanophotonic Si3N4

April 15, 2019
Author(s)
Esther Baumann, Edgar Perez, Gabriel M. Colacion, Fabrizio Giorgetta, Kevin Cossel, Gabriel Ycas, David Carlson, Kartik Srinivasan, Scott Papp, Ian Coddington, Nathan R. Newbury
Spectral broadening of compact robust Er+: fiber combs is demonstrated with tailored Si3N4 waveguides to obtain spectrally-smooth broadened light in the 2 μm 2.5 μm atmospheric water window for gas spectroscopy. This successfully extends the Er+ spectrum