Self-Referenced Optical Frequency Comb
fr
I(f)
fo
f2n
fn
f
0
fn = n fr + fo
x2
2nfr + 2fo
f2n = 2nfr + fo
fo
 fo is generated from a heterodyne beat between the second
harmonic of the nth mode and the 2nth mode.
 Once fr and fo are referenced to a known oscillator, all the
frequency modes of the fs comb are fixed.
D. J. Jones, et al. Science 288, 635 (2000)