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Informationsbroschüre der PTB: Opens external link in new windowDie SI-Basiseinheiten, Definition, Entwicklung und Realisierung

H. Schnatz: Opens external link in new windowLänge – Die SI-Basiseinheit Meter, PTB-Mitteilungen 122 (2012) 7-22

T. J. Quinn: "Practical Realization of the Definition the Metre, including Recommended Radiations of other Optical Frequency Standards", Metrologia, 40, 103-133 (2003)

H. Schnatz, B. Lipphardt, J. Helmcke, F. Riehle, G. Zinner: "First Phase-Coherent Frequency Measurement of Visible Radiation", Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 18-21

Ultra-stable Lasers for Length Measurement: Laser wavelength standards

A. Yu. Nevsky, R. Holzwarth, M. Zimmermann, Th. Udem, T. W. Hänsch, J. von Zanthier, H. Walther, P. V. Pokasov, M. N. Skvortsov, S. N. Bagayev, H. Schnatz, F. Riehle: "Frequency comparison of I2 stabilized lasers at 532 nm and absolute frequency measurement of I2 absorption lines", in Frequency Standards and Metrology, Proceedings of the 6th Symposium, ed. P. Gill, World Scientific Publishing, pp. 521-526 (2002)

Measurement of the Frequency of Visible Radiation

Tamm, Christian; Lipphardt, Burghard; Schnatz, Harald; Wynands, Robert; Weyers, Stefan; Peik, Ekkehard: "171Yb+ single-ion optical frequency standard at 688 THz", in: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (2007)

H. Schnatz, B. Lipphardt, C. Degenhardt, E. Peik, T. Schneider, U. Sterr, Chr. Tamm: "Optical frequency measurements using fs-comb generators", IEEE Trans. Instrum. and Meas., 54, 750-753, (2005)

H. Schnatz: "Measurement of Optical Frequencies and Frequency Ratios," Meas. Sci. Technol. 14, 1200-1215 (2003)

Calibration and Testing of Laser Wavelength Standards

Erin, M., Karaböce, B., Malinovsky, I., Titov, A., Ugur, H., Darnedde, H., Riehle, F.: "Progress in stabilization of the He-Ne/127I2 wavelength standard at 633 nm and results of an international comparison between the PTB and the UME", Metrologia 32 (1995/96), pp. 301-310

Ultra-stable Fiber Lasers for Optical Communication Engineering

C. Hagemann, C. Grebing, C. Lisdat, S. Falke, T. Legero, U. Sterr, F. Riehle, M. J. Martin, and J. Ye: "Ultra-stable laser with average fractional frequency drift rate below 5×10−19/s", Opt.Lett. 39, 5102-5105 (2014), Opens external link in new windowdoi: 10.1364/OL.39.005102 preprint: Opens external link in new windowarXiv:1405.1759  [physics.optics]

W. Zhang, M.J. Martin, C. Benko, J.L. Hall, J. Ye, C. Hagemann, T. Legero, U. Sterr, F. Riehle, G.D. Cole, M. Aspelmeyer: "Reduction of residual amplitude modulation to 1 × 10⁻⁶ for frequency modulation and laser stabilization", Opt.Lett. 39, 1980-1983 (2014), Opens external link in new windowdoi: 10.1364/OL.39.005102

T. Kessler, C. Hagemann, C. Grebing, T. Legero, U. Sterr, F. Riehle, M. J. Martin, L. Chen, and J. Ye.: "A sub-40-mHz-linewidth laser based on a silicon single-crystal optical cavity", Nature Photonics 6, 687-692 (2012), Opens external link in new windowdoi: 10.1038/NPHOTON.2012.217

C. Hagemann, C. Grebing, T. Kessler, S. Falke, N. Lemke, C. Lisdat, H. Schnatz, F. Riehle, and U. Sterr: "Providing 10-16 short-term stability of a 1.5 µm laser to optical clocks", IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas. 62, 1556-1562 (2013), Opens external link in new windowdoi: 10.1109/TIM.2013.2242597 

G. Grosche, B. Lipphardt, H. Schnatz : Optical frequency synthesis and measurement using fibre-based femtosecond lasers, The European Physical Journal D, 48, pp. 27-33 (2008)

G. Grosche, B. Lipphardt, H. Schnatz : Optical frequency synthesis and measurement using fibre-based femtosecond lasers, The European Physical Journal D, 48, pp. 27-33 (2008)

Frequency Measurement of Visible and Near-infrared Radiation

Tamm, Christian; Lipphardt, Burghard; Schnatz, Harald; Wynands, Robert; Weyers, Stefan; Schneider, T.; Peik, Ekkehard: "171Yb+ single-ion optical frequency standard at 688 THz", IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement , 56, pp. 601 (2007), 2006 Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements, Torino, 9-14, July, 2006

Phillip Kubina, Peter Adel, Gesine Grosche, Theodor W. Hänsch, Ronald Holzwarth, Burghard Lipphardt, Harald Schnatz: "Continuous Comparison of two Fiber based fs Frequency Combs", Optics Express, 13, 904-909 (2005)

Florian Adler, Konstantinos Moutzouris, and Alfred Leitenstorfer , Harald Schnatz, Burghard Lipphardt, and Gesine Grosche, Florian Tauser: "Phase-locked two-color erbium-doped fiber laser system for long-term precision measurements of visible and near-infrared frequencies", Optics Express 12, 5872, (2004)

Jun Ye, Harald Schnatz, and Leo W. Hollberg: "Optical frequency combs: from frequency metrology to optical phase control", Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics: Issue on Stabilization of modelocked lasers, JSTQE, 9, No. 4, 1041-1058, (2003)

Jörn Stenger, Harald Schnatz, Christian Tamm, and Harald R. Telle: "Ultraprecise Measurement of Optical Frequency Ratios", Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 (7) 073601-1 (2002)

J. Stenger, Chr. Tamm, N. Haverkamp, S. Weyers, and H. R. Telle: "Absolute frequency measurement of the 435.5-nm 171Yb+-clock transition with a Kerr-lens mode-locked femtosecond laser", Opt. Lett. 26, 1589 (2001)

Schnatz, H., Lipphardt, B., Helmcke, J., Riehle, F., Zinner, G.: "First phase-coherent frequency measurement of visible radiation", Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996), pp. 18-21