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The OFC Engine is the world’s best compact frequency comb, designed specifically for OEM integration. It’s developed as the clockwork at the heart of next-generation optical clocks, achieving state-of-the-art performance in a form factor suitable for mobile, airborne, and industrial platforms.
It is a fully self-referenced frequency comb that integrates pumps, mode-locking, and beat detection with the customer’s clock laser, all in a volume of less than 4 liters. It delivers fractional frequency stability of < 1 × 10-15 and ultralow phase noise, with power consumption below 25 W – ideally suited for industrial use.
If you are looking for a compact, robust, high-end, and fully-automated frequency comb system, our SmartComb-ULN is the perfect choice: a rack-mountable device, which combines the unrivaled performance of our ULN-frequency combs within a compact form factor of only 3 height units in a 19″ rack.
The latest SmartComb version offers a repetition rate of 250 MHz (tunable over ±2 MHz) and a tunable carrier envelope offset frequency, enabling the user to adapt the absolute positions of all comb lines. This feature is crucial for matching individual comb lines exactly to different atomic transitions or analysis/enhancement cavities.
The Supercontinuum Module (SCM) is a frequency comb extension (available for FC1500-ULNnova, FC1500-Quantum and SmartComb-ULN) which delivers up to 8 beat signals between ultra-low-noise frequency comb light and different CW lasers in the range of 670 to 1700 nm. It provides up to 8 CW laser input ports (FC/APC, others on request) and delivers the according beat signals (between the CW laser light and its closest neighboring comb mode) at up to 8 BNC output ports. The super-broad and smooth comb spectrum, combined with our latest generation of optical beat detection units, leads to high signal-to-noise ratio beat signals over the entire wavelength range (> 35 dB SNR).
Since the supercontinuum spectrum is produced from one single amplifier branch, it is the perfect tool for frequency comparisons of different optical clock species and other high-end applications. Additionally, it offers high flexibility: you could start, e.g., with 3 “beat detection channels” and extend the module at a later time. A Menlo service engineer can easily add new channels and/or adapt the already existing ones, directly on-site.
Understanding Spectral Purity Transfer
Our Technology Primer introduces the concept of spectral purity transfer with optical frequency combs. Learn how Menlo Systems’ ultra-low-noise comb technology preserves the linewidth, phase noise, and frequency stability of an optical reference across the full comb spectrum and through frequency conversion stages.
- Transfer ultrastable optical references to application-specific wavelengths
- Maintain spectral purity from the near-IR to visible and mid-IR outputs
- Benefit from dual control of repetition rate and carrier-envelope offset frequency
- Support demanding applications in optical clocks, quantum technology, precision spectroscopy, and frequency dissemination
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