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RAP opportunity at National Institute of Standards and Technology     NIST

Optical Frequency Comb Development for Physical Metrology and Spectroscopy

Location

Physical Measurement Laboratory, Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division

opportunity location
50.68.02.C0576 Gaithersburg, MD 20899

NIST only participates in the February and August reviews.

Advisers

name email phone
David A Long david.long@nist.gov 301.975.3298

Description

Optical frequency combs, especially those generated through the use of electro-optic modulators, are ideally suited to interrogate optical cavities. Recently, we have generated frequency combs through the use of direct digital synthesis and utilized these combs to probe optomechanical accelerometers [1]. These optomechanical accelerometers are described in detail in Ref. [2] and are based upon a Fabry-Perot geometry where one of the mirrors is attached to a movable proof mass. In combination with the electro-optic frequency comb readout we have achieved exceptionally high sensitivity and linearity in the resulting acceleration measurement. Future work will continue to develop new approaches for comb generation as well as their application to these type of sensors and chemical systems.

1. D. A. Long, B. J. Reschovsky, F. Zhou, Y. Bao, T. W. LeBrun, and J. J. Gorman, "Electro-optic frequency combs for rapid interrogation in cavity optomechanics," Opt. Lett. 46, 645-648 (2021).

2. F. Zhou, Y. Bao, R. Madugani, D. A. Long, J. J. Gorman, and T. W. LeBrun, "Broadband thermomechanically limited sensing with an optomechanical accelerometer," Optica 8, 350-356 (2021).

key words
Optical frequency comb; dual comb spectroscopy; accelerometry; optics

Eligibility

Citizenship:  Open to U.S. citizens
Level:  Open to Postdoctoral applicants

Stipend

Base Stipend Travel Allotment Supplementation
$82,764.00 $3,000.00
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