Optical Frequency Synthesis Based on Mode-Locked Lasers
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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. © 2001 American Institute of Physics. @DOI: 10.1063/1.1400144#
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تاریخ انتشار 2001