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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 18, Iss. 5 — Mar. 1, 2010
  • pp: 5213–5220

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Stable transfer of an optical frequency standard via a 4.6 km optical fiber

Adam J. Mullavey, Bram J. J. Slagmolen, Daniel A. Shaddock, and David E. McClelland  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 5, pp. 5213-5220 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.005213


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Abstract

We present a technique for the stable transfer of an optical frequency reference over a kilometer-scale optical fiber link. This technique implements phase measurements and laser feedback to cancel out the phase fluctuations that are introduced to an optical frequency standard as it passes through the fiber. We also present results for a bench top experiment, developed for the Advanced LIGO lock acquisition system, where this technique is implemented to phase-lock two Nd:YAG lasers, through a 4.6 km optical fiber. The resulting differential optical frequency noise reaches a level as low as 0.5 mHz/√Hz for Fourier frequencies between 5 Hz and 20 Hz, which is equal to a fractional frequency stability of 1.7 × 10-18/√Hz.

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OCIS Codes
(060.2360) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics links and subsystems
(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry

ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

History
Original Manuscript: November 10, 2009
Revised Manuscript: January 25, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: February 21, 2010
Published: February 26, 2010

Citation
Adam J. Mullavey, Bram J. J. Slagmolen, Daniel A. Shaddock, and David E. McClelland, "Stable transfer of an optical frequency standard via a 4.6 km optical fiber," Opt. Express 18, 5213-5220 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-5-5213


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