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Optical frequency comb generation from a monolithic microresonator

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  • P. Del’Haye

    (Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ), Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany)

  • A. Schliesser

    (Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ), Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany)

  • O. Arcizet

    (Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ), Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany)

  • T. Wilken

    (Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ), Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany)

  • R. Holzwarth

    (Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ), Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany)

  • T. J. Kippenberg

    (Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ), Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany)

Abstract

A fine-tooth comb Optical frequency 'combs' are light sources that emit at discrete, equally spaced frequencies, so the spectrum has a characteristic comb-like appearance. Frequency combs have revolutionized the fields of spectroscopy and metrology: clocks using the technology now beat atomic clocks, such as the current caesium standard, for accuracy. But the instrumentation required to generate a frequency comb is cumbersome and complex, usually involving a bulky femtosecond laser. Del'Haye et al. have now developed a radically different approach to comb generation: a tiny disc-like resonator structure on a silicon chip is simply illuminated by a conventional laser diode. The resulting interaction between the laser light and the resonator gives rise to an optical frequency comb emitting in the infrared. The simplicity of the scheme — and the prospects of a reduction in size, cost and power — should enhance the utility of optical frequency combs in a broad number of fields.

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  • P. Del’Haye & A. Schliesser & O. Arcizet & T. Wilken & R. Holzwarth & T. J. Kippenberg, 2007. "Optical frequency comb generation from a monolithic microresonator," Nature, Nature, vol. 450(7173), pages 1214-1217, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:450:y:2007:i:7173:d:10.1038_nature06401
    DOI: 10.1038/nature06401
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    1. Wang, Xin & Huang, Kai-Wei & Qiu, Qing-Yang & Xiong, Hao, 2023. "Nonreciprocal double-carrier frequency combs in cavity magnonics," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 176(C).
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    4. Cao, Qi-Hao & Geng, Kai-Li & Zhu, Bo-Wei & Wang, Yue-Yue & Dai, Chao-Qing, 2023. "Scalar vortex solitons and vector dipole solitons in whispering gallery mode optical microresonators," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 166(C).
    5. Wenting Wang & Ping-Keng Lu & Abhinav Kumar Vinod & Deniz Turan & James F. McMillan & Hao Liu & Mingbin Yu & Dim-Lee Kwong & Mona Jarrahi & Chee Wei Wong, 2022. "Coherent terahertz radiation with 2.8-octave tunability through chip-scale photomixed microresonator optical parametric oscillation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.

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