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Femtosecond combs

Simplified stabilization

Frequency combs are created by stabilizing the evolution of the carrier–envelope phase of a mode-locked laser. Researchers have now demonstrated a simplified method of creating frequency combs that enables trains of identical pulses to be easily produced.

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Figure 1: Methods of stabilizing the carrier–envelope phase in a mode-locked laser.

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Cundiff, S. Simplified stabilization. Nature Photon 4, 410–411 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2010.141

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