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A mode-locked Er:fiber laser-based optical frequency comb with high stability in the repetition frequency and carrier-envelope offset (CEO) frequency is realized. The CEO beat signal was detected right after the supercontinuum generation by a compact single-beam f–2f self-referencing interferometer, which does not require further delay compensation. The stabilized repetition frequency has an out-of-loop tracking stability of 1.3×10-13/\(\sqrt{\tau}\) for an integration time τ less than 1000 s, which is limited by the stability of the frequency measurement system. The stabilized CEO frequency has a residual fluctuation of 0.52 mHz measured with a 1 s gate time. This is, to our knowledge, the highest tracking stability realized for fiber laser-based optical frequency comb.
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Peng, JL., Ahn, H., Shu, RH. et al. Highly stable, frequency-controlled mode-locked erbium fiber laser comb. Appl. Phys. B 86, 49–53 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-006-2476-7
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