The SmartComb is a fully automated, easy to use optical frequency comb in a compact, 19" rack-mountable design. It contains all optics and locking electronics needed to provide fully stabilized comb light around 1560 nm. Optics for up to 2 additional measurement wavelengths can be included on request. Further extensions are available to provide higher powers, customized spectra and pulse lengths. Optical frequency combs are the only devices which are capable of measuring optical frequencies (rather than wavelengths) by coherently linking them to the radio frequency or microwave range. This unique feature enables the comb to act as a frequency ruler, a universal optical frequency reference for continuous wave lasers, a clockwork for optical clocks, or as a source of ultra-stable microwaves, to name only a few applications. In our product demonstration video we present the SmartComb, its control software and how to measure the frequency of a continuous wave laser precisely, in the simplest possible way.
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