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Optical Frequency Combs for Space Applications A White Paper for the Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences (BPS) Research in Space 2023-2032

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Optical Frequency Combs for Space Applications A White Paper for the Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences (BPS) Research in Space 2023-2032

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  • Author: Stephanie D. Leifer, Scott A. Diddams, Kerry J. Vahala, Nan Yu John Bowers, Ian Coddington, Todd Ely, Alexander Gaeta, Tobias Kippenberg, Michal Lipson, Andrey Matsko Nathan Newbury, Scott Papp, and Jun Ye
Many of the science goals in the new Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences Research in Space will require precision timekeeping and metrology, as was the case in the 2011 report, Recapturing a Future for Space Exploration: Life and Physical Sciences Research for a New Era.” The optical frequency comb is a core technology needed for the next generation of highly precise, stable clocks and time distribution systems. The implementation of these technologies in space presents the opportunity to answer some of the most pressing questions in fundamental physics, and even to discover new physics.

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