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A suitable femtosecond (fs) laser system can provide a broad band comb of stable optical frequencies and thus can serve as an rf/optical coherent link. In this way we have performed a direct comparison of the 1S—2S transition in atomic hydrogen at 121 nm with a cesium fountain clock, built at the LPTF/Paris, to reach an accuracy of 1.9×10-14. The same comb-line counting technique was exploited to determine and recalibrate several important optical frequency standards. In particular, the improved measurement of the Cesium D1 line is necessary for a more precise determination of the fine structure constant. In addition, several of the best-known optical frequency standards have been recalibrated via the fs method. By creating an octave-spanning frequency comb a single-laser frequency chain has been realized and tested.
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Udem, T. et al. (2001). A New Type of Frequency Chain and Its Application to Fundamental Frequency Metrology. In: Karshenboim, S.G., Bassani, F., Pavone, F., Inguscio, M., Hänsch, T. (eds) The Hydrogen Atom. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 570. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45395-4_7
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