Attosecond-Resolution Er:Fiber-Based Optical Frequency Comb
YAN Lu-Lu1, ZHANG Yan-Yan1, ZHANG Long1, FAN Song-Tao1,2, ZHANG Xiao-Fei1, GUO Wen-Ge3, ZHANG Shou-Gang1, JIANG Hai-Feng1**
1Key Laboratory of Time and Frequency Primary Standards, National Time Service Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710600 2Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039 3School of Science, Xi'an Shiyou University, Xi'an 710065
Abstract：Highly stable frequency-controlled optical frequency combs are key elements of many applications in time-frequency and optical-metrology domains. In this work, we demonstrate a highly stable frequency-controlled erbium-fiber-based optical frequency comb system. Its repetition rate is phase-stabilized to a continuous-wave laser with both an intra-cavity electro-optic modulator and a piezo-transducer; while the carrier-envelope-offset frequency is phase-locked to a radio-frequency signal generator by controlling the pump power. In-loop relative frequency stabilities of the comb are below 1 ×10?16 at 1 s, and integrate down to low 10?20 level at 104 s. The corresponding timing uncertainties are 100–200 as over the full measurement range.
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