Optical frequency synthesis based on mode-locked lasers

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  • Steven T. Cundiff
    JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440
  • Jun Ye
    JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440
  • John L. Hall
    JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440

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<jats:p>The synthesis of optical frequencies from the primary cesium microwave standard has traditionally been a difficult problem due to the large disparity in frequency. Recently this field has been dramatically advanced by the introduction and use of mode-locked lasers. This application of mode-locked lasers has been particularly aided by the ability to generate mode-locked spectra that span an octave. This review article describes how mode-locked lasers are used for optical frequency synthesis and gives recent results obtained using them.</jats:p>

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