Ultrafast fibre lasers

ME Fermann, I Hartl - Nature photonics, 2013 - nature.com
Ultrafast fibre lasers are fundamental building blocks of many photonic systems used in
industrial and medical applications as well as for scientific research. Here, we review the …

Atomic clocks for geodesy

TE Mehlstäubler, G Grosche, C Lisdat… - Reports on Progress …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We review experimental progress on optical atomic clocks and frequency transfer, and
consider the prospects of using these technologies for geodetic measurements. Today …

Passively mode-locked laser with an ultra-narrow spectral width

M Kues, C Reimer, B Wetzel, P Roztocki, BE Little… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Most mode-locking techniques introduced in the past, focused mainly on increasing the
spectral bandwidth to achieve ultrashort, sub-picosecond-long coherent light pulses. By …

The CIPM list of recommended frequency standard values: guidelines and procedures

F Riehle, P Gill, F Arias, L Robertsson - Metrologia, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
A list of standard reference frequency values (LoF) of quantum transitions from the
microwave to the optical regime has been recommended by the International Committee for …

All polarization-maintaining fiber laser architecture for robust femtosecond pulse generation

W Hänsel, H Hoogland, M Giunta, S Schmid… - Exploring the World with …, 2018 - Springer
We report on a novel architecture for robust mode-locked femtosecond fiber lasers using a
nonlinear optical loop mirror with all polarization-maintaining fibers. Due to a nonreciprocal …

Optical frequency metrology

T Udem, R Holzwarth, TW Hänsch - Nature, 2002 - nature.com
Extremely narrow optical resonances in cold atoms or single trapped ions can be measured
with high resolution. A laser locked to such a narrow optical resonance could serve as a …

CODATA recommended values of the fundamental physical constants: 1998

PJ Mohr, BN Taylor - Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference …, 1999 - pubs.aip.org
This paper gives the 1998 self-consistent set of values of the basic constants and conversion
factors of physics and chemistry recommended by the Committee on Data for Science and …

Optical frequency comb generation from a monolithic microresonator

P Del'Haye, A Schliesser, O Arcizet, T Wilken… - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
Optical frequency combs,, provide equidistant frequency markers in the infrared, visible and
ultraviolet,, and can be used to link an unknown optical frequency to a radio or microwave …

Intense few-cycle laser fields: Frontiers of nonlinear optics

T Brabec, F Krausz - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2000 - APS
The rise time of intense radiation determines the maximum field strength atoms can be
exposed to before their polarizability dramatically drops due to the detachment of an outer …

Carrier-envelope phase control of femtosecond mode-locked lasers and direct optical frequency synthesis

DJ Jones, SA Diddams, JK Ranka, A Stentz… - Science, 2000 - science.org
We stabilized the carrier-envelope phase of the pulses emitted by a femtosecond mode-
locked laser by using the powerful tools of frequency-domain laser stabilization. We …