Nonlinear Waves Seminar: Steven Cundiff
Quantum Limits to frequency combs
Steven Cundiff
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015 - 4:30pm
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ECOT 226
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Optical frequency combs based on mode-locked lasers have revolutionized optical frequency metrology and enabled optical atomic clocks. In both applications, the comb does not limit the performance. This remarkable situation leads to the natural question of where the limits lie due to quantum effects. In this talk I will briefly introduce frequency combs and then present our efforts to determine the quantum limits to frequency combs generated by mode-locked lasers, both the 鈥渨ork-horse鈥 ti:sapphire laser and a mode-locked fiber laser.