A phase-locked frequency divide-by-3 optical parametric oscillator
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Accurate phase-locked 3:1 division of an optical frequency was achieved, by using a continuous-wave (cw) doubly resonant optical parametric oscillator. A fractional frequency stability of 2×10-17 of the division process has been achieved for 100 s integration time. The technique developed in this work can be generalized to the accurate phase and frequency control of any cw optical parametric oscillators.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- IEEE Trans. Instrumentation and Measurement
دوره 50 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001