Abstract

The basic operation, implementation and control of femtosecond laser optical frequency combs will be presented. The application of frequency combs in various scientific and technological fields will be described. 150-word Biography: Scott Diddams received the B.A. in Physics from Bethel College, St. Paul, MN in 1989 and the Ph.D. degree in Optical Science from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque in 1996. From 1996 through 2000, he did postdoctroral work at JILA, University of Colorado. In 1998 Dr. Diddams was awarded a National Research Council fellowship to work with Dr. John Hall (also at JILA) on the development of optical combs for frequency metrology. The techniques developed at that time have had a significant impact on the fields of ultrafast optics and optical frequency metrology. Since 2000, Dr. Diddams has been a staff member and project leader at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) where he and his coworkers have continued the development of optical frequency combs for optical clocks, waveform generation, low-noise microwave synthesis, spectroscopy and other applications. Dr. Diddams was a co-recipient of a Department of Commerce gold medal for "revolutionizing the way frequency is measured" and was additionally the recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE) for his work on optical frequency combs. He is a Fellow of the OSA and APS and a member of IEEE. Article not available.

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