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Optical frequency combs are an essential tool for precision metrology experiments ranging in application from remote spectroscopic sensing of trace gases to the characterization and comparison of optical atomic clocks for precision…

Multiheterodyne techniques using frequency combs -- light sources whose lines are perfectly evenly-spaced -- have revolutionized optical science. By beating an unknown signal with the many lines of a comb, its spectrum is recovered.…

Optics · Physics 2020-04-23 David Burghoff

We present a new method for the separation of superimposed, independent, auto-correlated components from noisy multi-channel measurement. The presented method simultaneously reconstructs and separates the components, taking all channels…

Methodology · Statistics 2018-02-14 Jakob Knollmüller , Torsten A. Enßlin

The advent of optical frequency standards with ultimate uncertainties in the low 1x10$^{-18}$ requires femtosecond frequency combs to support a similar level of resolution in the spectral transfer and the computation of optical frequency…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-05-31 Matias Risaro , Paolo Savio , Marco Pizzocaro , Filippo Levi , Davide Calonico , Cecilia Clivati

Optical phase-insensitive heterodyne (beat-note) detection, which measures the relative phase of two beams at different frequencies through their interference, is a key sensing technology for various spatial/temporal measurements, such as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-20 Keitaro Anai , Yutaro Enomoto , Hiroto Omura , Koji Nagano , Kiwamu Izumi , Mamoru Endo , Shuntaro Takeda

Ultra-rapid, high-precision distance metrology is critical for both advanced scientific research and practical applications. However, current light detection and ranging technologies struggle to simultaneously achieve high measurement…

We radically simplify coherently averaged dual-comb spectroscopy by introducing a real-time self-correction system: a radio frequency system-on-chip computes each incoming dual-comb interferogram's phase, frequency, and arrival time;…

Ultrabroadband electro-optic sampling with few-cycle optical pulses is known to be an extremely sensitive technique to detect electric field amplitudes. By combining this method with dual-comb spectroscopy and with a new class of ultrafast…

Optical frequency combs, coherent light sources that connect optical frequencies with microwave oscillations, have become the enabling tool for precision spectroscopy, optical clockwork and attosecond physics over the past decades. Current…

Optics · Physics 2017-03-21 S. -W. Huang , J. Yang , M. Yu , B. H. McGuyer , D. -L. Kwong , T. Zelevinsky , C. W. Wong

Frequency combs represent exceptionally precise measurement tools due to the coherence of their spectral lines. While optical frequency comb sources constitute a well-established technology, superconducting circuits provide a relatively…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-12 Angelo Greco , Xavier Ballu , Francesco Giazotto , Alessandro Crippa

The broadband, coherent nature of narrow-linewidth fiber frequency combs is exploited to measure the full complex spectrum of a molecular gas through multi-heterodyne spectroscopy. We measure the absorption and phase shift experienced by…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ian Coddington , William C. Swann , Nathan R. Newbury

Optical frequency combs based on mode-locked lasers have proven to be invaluable tools for a wide range of applications in precision spectroscopy and metrology. A novel principle of optical frequency comb generation in whispering-gallery…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-12 Pascal Del'Haye , Scott B. Papp , Scott A. Diddams

The synthesis of ultralow-noise microwaves is of both scientific and technological relevance for timing, metrology, communications and radio-astronomy. Today, the lowest reported phase noise signals are obtained via optical…

The noise dynamics of an Optical Frequency Comb (OFC) based on a mode-locked Ti-Sapphire laser is analyzed in terms of noise modes. A spectrally resolved multipixel homodyne detection enables the simultaneous measurement of the amplitude…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-08-04 Matthieu Ansquer , Valérian Thiel , Syamsundar De , Bérengère Argence , Gregory Gredat , Fabien Bretenaker , Nicolas Treps

Optical frequency combs combine ultrashort pulse duration and phase stability, making them powerful resources for high-precision ranging even when affected by atmospheric dispersion. It has been established that by classical modal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-08 Mylenne Manrique , Ilaria Gianani , Marco Barbieri , Valentina Parigi , Nicolas Treps

Recently developed techniques for generating precisely equidistant optical frequencies over broad wavelength ranges are revolutionizing precision physical measurement [1-3]. These frequency "combs" are produced primarily using relatively…

Frequency combs have revolutionized the field of optical spectroscopy, enabling researchers to probe molecular systems with a multitude of accurate and precise optical frequencies. While there have been tremendous strides in direct…

Understanding the spectrum of noise acting on a qubit can yield valuable information about its environment, and crucially underpins the optimization of dynamical decoupling protocols that can mitigate such noise. However, extracting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-01 David F. Wise , John J. L. Morton , Siddharth Dhomkar

We focus on coherent direction of arrival estimation of wideband sources based on spatial sparsity. This area of research is encountered in many applications such as passive radar, sonar, mining, and communication problems, in which an…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-18 Milad Javadzadeh Jirhandeh , Mohammad Hossein Kahaei

The outstanding phase-noise performance of optical frequency combs has led to a revolution in optical synthesis and metrology, covering a myriad of applications, from molecular spectroscopy to laser ranging and optical communications.…

Optics · Physics 2014-03-13 Victor Torres-Company , Andrew M. Weiner