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Fundamental amplitude noise limitations to supercontinuum spectra generated in a microstructured fiber by Corwin, K.L., Newbury, N.R., Dudley, J.M., Coen, S., Diddams, S.A., Washburn, B.R., Weber, K., Windeler, R.S.

“…Broadband supercontinuum spectra are generated in a microstructured fiber using femtosecond laser pulses. Noise properties of these spectra are studied through…”
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Microresonator-Based Optical Frequency Combs by Kippenberg, T. J., Holzwarth, R., Diddams, S. A.

“…The series of precisely spaced, sharp spectral lines that form an optical frequency comb is enabling unprecedented measurement capabilities and new…”
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Generation of ultrastable microwaves via optical frequency division by Fortier, T. M., Kirchner, M. S., Quinlan, F., Taylor, J., Bergquist, J. C., Rosenband, T., Lemke, N., Ludlow, A., Jiang, Y., Oates, C. W., Diddams, S. A.

“…There has been increased interest in the use and manipulation of optical fields to address the challenging problems that have traditionally been approached…”
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Exploiting shot noise correlations in the photodetection of ultrashort optical pulse trains by Quinlan, F., Fortier, T. M., Jiang, H., Hati, A., Nelson, C., Fu, Y., Campbell, J. C., Diddams, S. A.

“…Photocurrent shot noise represents the fundamental quantum limit for amplitude, phase and timing measurements of optical signals. It is generally assumed that…”
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Mid-infrared virtually imaged phased array spectrometer for rapid and broadband trace gas detection by Nugent-Glandorf, Lora, Neely, Tyler, Adler, Florian, Fleisher, Adam J, Cossel, Kevin C, Bjork, Bryce, Dinneen, Tim, Ye, Jun, Diddams, Scott A

“…We present and characterize a two-dimensional (2D) imaging spectrometer based on a virtually imaged phased array (VIPA) disperser for rapid, high-resolution…”
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Optically referenced broadband electronic synthesizer with 15 digits of resolution by Fortier, T. M, Rolland, A., Quinlan, F., Baynes, F. N., Metcalf, A. J., Hati, A., Ludlow, A. D., Hinkley, N., Shimizu, M., Ishibashi, T., Campbell, J. C., Diddams, S. A.

“…Fundamental science, as well as all communications and navigation systems, are heavily reliant on the phase, timing, and synchronization provided by low‐noise…”
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Optical frequency synthesis and comparison with uncertainty at the 10(-19) level by Ma, Long-Sheng, Bi, Zhiyi, Bartels, Albrecht, Robertsson, Lennart, Zucco, Massimo, Windeler, Robert S, Wilpers, Guido, Oates, Chris, Hollberg, Leo, Diddams, Scott A

“…A femtosecond laser-based optical frequency synthesizer is referenced to an optical standard, and we use it to demonstrate the generation and control of the…”
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Direct link between microwave and optical frequencies with a 300 THz femtosecond laser comb by Diddams, SA, Jones, DJ, Ye, J, Cundiff, ST, Hall, JL, Ranka, JK, Windeler, RS, Holzwarth, R, Udem, T, Hansch, TW

“…We demonstrate a great simplification in the long-standing problem of measuring optical frequencies in terms of the cesium primary standard. An air-silica…”
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Carrier-Envelope Phase Control of Femtosecond Mode-Locked Lasers and Direct Optical Frequency Synthesis by Jones, David J., Diddams, Scott A., Ranka, Jinendra K., Stentz, Andrew, Windeler, Robert S., Hall, John L., Cundiff, Steven T.

“…We stabilized the carrier-envelope phase of the pulses emitted by a femtosecond mode-locked laser by using the powerful tools of frequency-domain laser…”
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Fundamental noise limitations to supercontinuum generation in microstructure fiber by Corwin, K L, Newbury, N R, Dudley, J M, Coen, S, Diddams, S A, Weber, K, Windeler, R S

“…Broadband noise on supercontinuum spectra generated in microstructure fiber is shown to lead to amplitude fluctuations as large as 50% for certain input laser…”
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Standards of Time and Frequency at the Outset of the 21st Century by Diddams, S. A., Bergquist, J. C., Jefferts, S. R., Oates, C. W.

“…After 50 years of development, microwave atomic clocks based on cesium have achieved fractional uncertainties below 1 part in 1015, a level unequaled in all of…”
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Absolute frequency measurements of the Hg+ and Ca optical clock transitions with a femtosecond laser by Udem, T, Diddams, S A, Vogel, K R, Oates, C W, Curtis, E A, Lee, W D, Itano, W M, Drullinger, R E, Bergquist, J C, Hollberg, L

“…The frequency comb created by a femtosecond mode-locked laser and a microstructured fiber is used to phase coherently measure the frequencies of both the Hg+…”
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Study of the excess noise associated with demodulation of ultra-short infrared pulses by Ivanov, E.N., Diddams, S.A., Hollberg, L.

“…The demodulation of ultra-short light pulses with photodetectors is accompanied by excess phase noise at the pulse repetition rate and harmonics in the…”
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Analysis of noise mechanisms limiting the frequency stability of microwave signals generated with a femtosecond laser by Ivanov, E.N., Diddams, S.A., Hollberg, L.

“…Excess phase noise is observed in the spectrum of the microwave signal extracted from a photodetector illuminated by a train of ultrashort light pulses from…”
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Propagation Dynamics of Intense Femtosecond Pulses: Multiple Splittings, Coalescence, and Continuum Generation by Zozulya, Alex A., Diddams, Scott A., Van Engen, Amelia G., Clement, Tracy S.

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Noise properties of microwave signals synthesized with femtosecond lasers by Ivanov, E.N., McFerran, J.J., Diddams, S.A., Hollberg, L.

“…We discuss various aspects of high resolution measurements of phase fluctuations at microwave frequencies. This includes methods to achieve thermal noise…”
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Frequency Uncertainty for Optically Referenced Femtosecond Laser Frequency Combs by Ma, L.-S., Zhiyi Bi, Bartels, A., Kyoungsik Kim, Robertsson, L., Zucco, M., Windeler, R.S., Wilpers, G., Oates, C., Hollberg, L., Diddams, S.A.

“…We present measurements and analysis of the currently known relative frequency uncertainty of femtosecond laser frequency combs (FLFCs) based on Kerr-lens…”
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Design and control of femtosecond lasers for optical clocks and the synthesis of low-noise optical and microwave signals by Diddams, S.A., Bartels, A., Ramond, T.M., Oates, C.W., Bize, S., Curtis, E.A., Bergquist, J.C., Hollberg, L.

“…This paper describes recent advances in the design and control of femtosecond laser combs for their use in optical clocks and in the synthesis of low-noise…”
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Optical frequency standards and measurements by Hollberg, L., Oates, C.W., Curtis, E.A., Ivanov, E.N., Diddams, S.A., Udem, T., Robinson, H.G., Bergquist, J.C., Rafac, R.J., Itano, W.M., Drullinger, R.E., Wineland, D.J.

“…We describe the performance characteristics and frequency measurements of two high-accuracy high-stability laser-cooled atomic frequency standards. One is a…”
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Ultrasensitive spectroscopy, the ultrastable lasers, the ultrafast lasers, and the seriously nonlinear fiber: a new alliance for physics and metrology by Hall, J.L., Jun Ye, Diddams, S.A., Long-Sheng Ma, Cundiff, S.T., Jones, D.J.

“…We now appreciate the fruit of decades of development in the independent fields of ultrasensitive spectroscopy, ultrastable lasers, ultrafast lasers, and…”
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