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Optical frequency combs provide a phase-coherent interface between optical and microwave domains, underpinning advances in precision metrology, spectroscopy, and time-frequency transfer. Most conventional comb architectures are limited to…

We demonstrate that whispering gallery mode resonators can be utilized to generate optical frequency combs based on four wave mixing process at virtually any frequency that lies in the transparency window of the resonator host material. We…

Optics · Physics 2010-09-20 A. A. Savchenkov , A. B. Matsko , W. Liang , V. S. Ilchenko , D. Seidel , L. Maleki

THz quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) based on double metal waveguides feature broadband and high-temperature devices for use in spectroscopy and sensing. However, their extreme field confinement produces poor output coupling efficiencies and…

High-power, broadband frequency combs generated by semiconductor lasers have profound implications for on-chip spectroscopy. Here, we present a dry-etched racetrack quantum cascade laser that uses resonant radio-frequency injection to…

Temporal growth of an optical Kerr frequency comb generated in a microresonator is studied both experimentally and numerically. We find that the comb emerges from vacuum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field on timescales significantly…

Four wave mixing (FWM) is an important way to generate supercontinuum and frequency combs in the mid-infrared band. Here, we obtain simultaneous synthetic FWM in the visible and mid-infrared bands by cascading quadratic nonlinear processes…

High-dimensional entanglement in qudit states offers a promising pathway towards the realization of practical, large-scale quantum systems that are highly controllable. These systems can be leveraged for various applications, including…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-02 Kai-Chi Chang , Xiang Cheng , Murat Can Sarihan , Chee Wei Wong

Two techniques that employ equally spaced trains of optical pulses to map an optical high frequency into a low frequency modulation of the signal that can be detected in real time are compared. The development of phase-stable optical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-22 Kochise Bennett , Jeremy Rouxel , Shaul Mukamel

Quantum cascade laser (QCL) frequency combs have revolutionized mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy by their high brightness and fast temporal resolution, and are a promising technology for fully-integrated and cost-effective sensors. As for…

The frequency noise power spectral density of a free-running quantum cascade laser frequency comb is investigated. A plateau is observed at high frequencies, attributed to the quantum noise limit set by the Schawlow-Townes formula for the…

Optics · Physics 2015-11-18 Francesco Cappelli , Gustavo Villares , Sabine Riedi , Jerome Faist

Coupling is an essential mechanism that drives complexity in natural systems, transforming single, non-interacting elements into intricate networks with rich physical properties. Here, we demonstrate a chip-scale coupled laser system that…

Optical frequency combs can potentially provide an efficient light source for multi-terabit-per-second optical superchannels. However, as the bandwidth of these multi-wavelength light sources is increased, it can result in low per-line…

For many applications Optical Frequency Combs (OFCs) require a high degree of temporal coherence (narrow linewidth). Commonly OFCs are generated in nonlinear media from a monochromatic narrow linewidth laser sources or from a mode-locked…

Optics · Physics 2018-10-17 Jacob B Khurgin , Nathan Henry , David Burghoff , Qing Hu

We generate a 200-nm optical frequency comb at 1.5 microns by injecting two single-frequency lasers into a highly nonlinear fiber, and explore its spectral phase properties and high power to demonstrate full nonlinear conversion into its…

Optical frequency combs are crucial for both fundamental science and applications demanding wide frequency spanning and ultra-precision resolutions. Recent advancements of nonlinear Kerr effect based optical frequency combs in microcavities…

Optics · Physics 2019-03-13 Yuanlin Zheng , Tian Qin , Jianfan Yang , Xianfeng Chen , Li Ge , Wenjie Wan

Frequency modulated (FM) frequency combs constitute an exciting alternative to generate equidistant spectra. The full set of Maxwell-Bloch equations is reduced to a single master equation for FM combs with fast dynamics to provide insight…

Optics · Physics 2019-12-18 Nikola Opačak , Benedikt Schwarz

We demonstrate a scheme, based on a cascade of lithium niobate intensity and phase modulators driven by specially tailored radio frequency waveforms to generate an optical frequency comb with very high spectral flatness. In this work we…

Optical frequency combs [1-8] have resulted in significant advances in optical frequency metrology and found wide application to precise physical measurements [1-4, 9] and molecular fingerprinting [8]. A direct analogue of frequency combs…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2017-01-25 Adarsh Ganesan , Cuong Do , Ashwin A. Seshia

Optical frequency combs are indispensable links between the optical and microwave domains, enabling a wide range of applications including precision spectroscopy, ultrastable frequency generation, and timekeeping. Chip-scale integration…

Optics · Physics 2024-02-20 Yunxiang Song , Yaowen Hu , Marko Lončar , Kiyoul Yang

Non-perturbative and phase-sensitive light-matter interactions have led to the generation of attosecond pulses of light and the control electrical currents on the same timescale. Traditionally, probing these effects via high harmonic…

Optics · Physics 2022-05-17 Daniel M. B. Lesko , Kristina F. Chang , Scott A. Diddams