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Wavemeter calibration by frequency comb

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Author(s)

Patrick Egan

Abstract

Upgrades to the vacuum-wavelength calibration service at NIST are reported. The instrumentation centerpiece is an optical frequency comb tied to a GPS-disciplined oscillator, thereby providing direct traceability to the SI second. Historically, the service has covered lasers in the popular wavelengths red and green. Recently, capability has been added to enable the calibration of wavemeters at multiple wavelengths in the C-band telecom. For most commercially-available wavemeters, the test-uncertainty-ratio is about 10^4
Citation
Metrologia
Volume
61
Issue
6
Pub Type
Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1681-7575/ad8927
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Time and frequency metrology and Optical / photometry / laser metrology

Citation

Egan, P. (2024), Wavemeter calibration by frequency comb, Metrologia, [online], https://doi.org/10.1088/1681-7575/ad8927, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=936779 (Accessed October 21, 2025)

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Created November 7, 2024
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