Testing the energy conservation law in an optical parametric oscillator using phase-controlled femtosecond pulses

An experimental verification of energy conservation in a parametric oscillator is reported with an optical frequency precision of approximately 200 kHz (< 10(-6) nm). This high precision is made possible by simultaneously measuring the frequency offsets of the pump, signal and idler frequency combs in a singly-resonant femtosecond optical parametric oscillator system.