| Acetylene as Frequency Reference |
| n High accuracy
( ±2 kHz) |
| n Moderate
accuracy (± 100
MHz) |
| 8.5 mW |
| 100
mW |
| >500 MHz |
|
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| Figure from:
K. Nakagawa et al., JOSAB 13, |
|
| 2708 (1996) |
|
|
|
| W.C. Swann
and S.L. Gilbert. (NIST), Opt. |
|
| Soc. Am. B, 17, 1263
(2000). |
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| 1- 40 |
|
| MHz |
|
| Portable, robust
-> Large linewidths |
| Complex, fragile |
| Splice |
| Splice |
|
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| Our
Goal: Combine |
|
| portability
with |
|
| improved
accuracy |
|
| SMF |
| PBG Fiber |
| SMF |
