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All-fibre heterogeneously-integrated frequency comb generation using silicon core fibre

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  • Ronit Sohanpal

    (University College London)

  • Haonan Ren

    (Dalian University of Technology
    University of Southampton)

  • Li Shen

    (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

  • Callum Deakin

    (University College London)

  • Alexander M. Heidt

    (University of Bern)

  • Thomas W. Hawkins

    (Clemson University)

  • John Ballato

    (Clemson University)

  • Ursula J. Gibson

    (Clemson University)

  • Anna C. Peacock

    (University of Southampton)

  • Zhixin Liu

    (University College London)

Abstract

Originally developed for metrology, optical frequency combs are becoming increasingly pervasive in a wider range of research topics including optical communications, spectroscopy, and radio or microwave signal processing. However, application demands in these fields can be more challenging as they require compact sources with a high tolerance to temperature variations that are capable of delivering flat comb spectra, high power per tone, narrow linewidth and high optical signal-to-noise ratio. This work reports the generation of a flat, high power frequency comb in the telecom band using a 17 mm fully-integrated silicon core fibre as a parametric mixer. Our all-fibre, cavity-free source combines the material benefits of planar waveguide structures with the advantageous properties of fibre platforms to achieve a 30 nm bandwidth comb source containing 143 tones with 30 dB OSNR over the entire spectral region.

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  • Ronit Sohanpal & Haonan Ren & Li Shen & Callum Deakin & Alexander M. Heidt & Thomas W. Hawkins & John Ballato & Ursula J. Gibson & Anna C. Peacock & Zhixin Liu, 2022. "All-fibre heterogeneously-integrated frequency comb generation using silicon core fibre," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-31637-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31637-1
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