Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Ultra Low Noise Er:fiber Frequency Comb Comparison

Michele Giunta, W. Hänsel, Katja Beha, Marc Fischer, M. Lezius, Ronald Holzwarth

Published Jan 1, 2016• 9 citations

Abstract

We have optically compared two fiber-based frequency combs with ultra-high stability. The resulting beat frequency shows integrated phase noise below 100 mrad (100Hz to 2MHz) and an overlapping Allan deviation of 1×10−16 at 1s, dropping below 1×10−18 at 500s.

DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2016.sth4h.1

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