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Frequency combs based on nonlinear-optical phenomena in integrated photonics are a versatile light source that can explore new applications, including frequency metrology, optical communications, and sensing. We demonstrate robust…

We report an all-polarization-maintaining fiber optic approach to generating sub-2 cycle pulses at 2 {\mu}m and a corresponding octave-spanning optical frequency comb. Our configuration leverages mature Er:fiber laser technology at 1.5…

The Kerr soliton frequency comb is a revolutionary compact ruler of coherent light that allows applications, from precision metrology to quantum information technology. The universal, reliable, and low-cost soliton microcomb source is key…

We present here a semiconductor injection laser operating in continuous wave with an emission covering more than one octave in frequency, and displaying homogeneous power distribution among the lasing modes. The gain medium is based on a…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-22 Markus Rösch , Giacomo Scalari , Mattias Beck , Jérôme Faist

We utilize a high quality calcium fluoride whispering-gallery-mode resonator to stabilize a simple erbium doped fiber ring laser with an emission frequency of 196 THz (wavelenght 1530 nm) to a linewidth below 650 Hz. This corresponds to a…

Lasers with hertz-level linewidths on timescales up to seconds are critical for precision metrology, timekeeping, and manipulation of quantum systems. Such frequency stability typically relies on bulk-optic lasers and reference cavities,…

Electro-optical modulation of a continuous wave laser is a highly stable way to generate frequency combs, gaining popularity in telecommunication and spectroscopic applications. These combs are generated by modulating non-linear…

Optics · Physics 2024-07-30 Todd Eliason , Payton A. Parker , Melanie A. R. Reber

We demonstrate a terahertz (THz) frequency comb that is flexible in terms of its frequency range and the number and spacing of comb lines. We use a combination of near-infrared laser diodes, phase modulation and opto-electronic frequency…

We report the upgrade and operation of a frequency-comb-assisted high-resolution mid-infrared molecular spectrometer allowing us to combine high spectral purity, SI-traceability, wide tunability and high sensitivity. An optical frequency…

Fourier-transform spectroscopy is an indispensable tool for analyzing chemical samples in scientific research as well as chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Recently, its measurement speed, sensitivity, and precision have been shown to…

Optics · Physics 2025-05-06 Takuro Ideguchi , Tasuku Nakamura , Yohei Kobayashi , Keisuke Goda

The phase coherence of an ultrastable optical frequency reference is fully maintained over actively stabilized fiber networks of lengths exceeding 30 km. For a 7-km link installed in an urban environment, the transfer instability is $6…

We report a simple technique to suppress high frequency phase noise of a Yb-based fiber optical frequency comb using an active intensity noise servo. Out-of-loop measurements of the phase noise using an optical heterodyne beat with a…

Optics · Physics 2015-03-18 A. Cingoz , D. C. Yost , T. K. Allison , A. Ruehl , M. E. Fermann , I. Hartl , J. Ye

We achieve a quantum-noise-limited absorption sensitivity of 1.7/times10$^{-12}$ cm$^{-1}$ per spectral element at 400 s of acquisition time with cavity-enhanced frequency comb spectroscopy, the highest demonstrated for a comb-based…

We demonstrate laser frequency stabilization using a high-Q MgF2 crystalline whispering gallery mode resonator coupled with a tapered fiber. We discovered that the tapered fiber, acting as a microcantilever, exhibits mechanical resonance…

Optics · Physics 2023-12-06 Yaohui Xu , Xiaolan Liu , Wujun Li , Haotian Wang , Jun Guo , Jie Ma , Jianing Zhang , Deyuan Shen

Optical frequency combs (OFC) provide a convenient reference for the frequency stabilization of continuous-wave lasers. We demonstrate a frequency control method relying on tracking over a wide range and stabilizing the beat note between…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-03-07 Alexander Prehn , Rosa Glöckner , Gerhard Rempe , Martin Zeppenfeld

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…

Frequency combs with mode spacing in the range of 10 to 20 gigahertz (GHz) are critical for increasingly important applications such as astronomical spectrograph calibration, high-speed dual-comb spectroscopy, and low-noise microwave…

We experimentally demonstrate tunable, highly-stable frequency combs with high repetition-rates using a single, charge injection based silicon PN modulator. In this work, we demonstrate combs in the C-band with over 8 lines in a 20-dB…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-05-09 Kp Nagarjun , Vadivukarassi Jeyaselvan , Shankar Kumar Selvaraja , V R Supradeepa

We report on an attempt to generate highly stable continuous terahertz (THz) wave by using optical frequency comb (OFC). About 10-nm wide OFC has been generated through a deep phase modulation of a 852 nm laser line in lithium niobate…

A quiet point, an operating point of pump-resonance detuning that minimizes frequency fluctuation due to nonlinear effects inside a resonator, has been employed for phase noise reduction of a soliton Kerr microresonator frequency comb…