光りコムの一般向け解説が2008年のScientific Americanにある。

Rulers of Light: Using Lasers to Measure Distance and Time
A revolutionary kind of laser light called an optical frequency comb makes possible a more precise type of atomic clock and many other applications

By Steven Cundiff, Jun Ye, John Hall on October 8, 2008


Editor's note: This story was originally posted in the April 2008 issue, and has been reposted to highlight the long intertwined history of the Nobel Prizes in Scientific American.