Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 8, 081403(2022)

Transfer of laser frequency from 729 nm to 1.5 µm with precision at the level of 10−20

Pengcheng Fang1,2, Huanyao Sun1, Yan Wang1, Yanqi Xu1, and Qunfeng Chen1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Pengcheng Fang, Huanyao Sun, Yan Wang, Yanqi Xu, Qunfeng Chen, "Transfer of laser frequency from 729 nm to 1.5 µm with precision at the level of 10−20," Chin. Opt. Lett. 20, 081403 (2022)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

    Received: Jan. 30, 2022

    Accepted: Apr. 28, 2022

    Published Online: May. 26, 2022

    The Author Email: Qunfeng Chen (qfchen@apm.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202220.081403

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