@phdthesis{2077, author = {M. Stowe}, title = {Direct Frequency Comb Spectroscopy and High-Resolution Coherent Control}, abstract = {

We present the first experiments demonstrating absolute frequency measurements of one- and two-photon transitions using direct frequency comb spectroscopy (DFCS). In particular we phase stabilized the inter-pulse period and optical phases of the pulses emitted from a mode-locked Ti:Sapphire laser, creating a broad-bandwidth optical frequency comb. By referencing the optical comb directly to the cesium microwave frequency standard, we were able to measure absolute transition frequencies over greater than a 50 nm bandwidth, utilizing the phase coherence between wavelengths spanning from 741 nm to 795 nm.

}, year = {2008}, publisher = {University of Colorado Boulder}, address = {Boulder}, }