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A sub-40-mHz-linewidth laser based on a silicon single-crystal optical cavity

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In this article, a single-crystal silicon system that offers a fractional frequency instability of 1 × 10−16 at short timescales and supports a laser linewidth of less than 40 mHz at 1.5 µm is presented.
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Frequency stabilization in a high-finesse optical cavity is limited fundamentally by thermal-noise-induced cavity length fluctuations. Scientists have now developed a single-crystal silicon system that offers a fractional frequency instability of 1 × 10−16 at short timescales and supports a laser linewidth of less than 40 mHz at 1.5 µm.

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