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We propose and characterize experimentally a new source of optical frequency combs for performing multi-heterodyne spectrometry. This comb modality is based on a frequency shifting loop seeded with a CW monochromatic laser. The comb lines…

Optics · Physics 2018-07-04 V. Duran , C. Schnebelin , H. Guillet De Chatellus

Recent studies have demonstrated that a laser can self-generate frequency combs when tuned near an exceptional point (EP), where two cavity modes coalesce. These EP combs induce periodic modulation of the population inversion in the gain…

Optics · Physics 2025-05-23 Xingwei Gao , Hao He , Weng W. Chow , Alexander Cerjan , Chia Wei Hsu

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

We demonstrate dual-comb spectroscopy based on difference frequency generation of frequency-agile near-infrared frequency combs, produced with the help of electro-optic modulators. The combs have a remarkably flat intensity distribution and…

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

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…

Mechanical frequency combs are poised to bring the applications and utility of optical frequency combs into the mechanical domain. So far, their main challenge has been strict requirements on drive frequencies and power, which complicate…

We present a high efficiency source of picosecond pulses derived from a dual cavity optical frequency comb generator. This approach overcomes the limitations of single cavity comb generators that are restricted to efficiencies of a few…

Optics · Physics 2023-07-28 Mateusz P. Mrozowski , Jonathan D. Pritchard , J. Jeffers

For the growing demand of frequency combs in mid-infrared (mid-IR), known as the "molecular fingerprint" region of the spectrum [1], down conversion of near-IR frequency combs through half- harmonic generation offers numerous benefits…

Optics · Physics 2015-10-14 Alireza Marandi , Kirk A. Ingold , Marc Jankowski , Robert L. Byer

The flatness of electro-optic frequency combs (EOFCs) generated in a single silicon ring resonator modulator (RRM) is optimized by employing harmonic superposition of the radio-frequency driving signal. A differential evolution algorithm is…

Optical frequency combs are utilized in a wide range of optical applications, including atomic clocks, interferometers, and various sensing technologies. They are often generated via four-wave mixing in chip-integrated microring resonators,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-04 Patrick Tritschler , Torsten Ohms , André Zimmermann , Peter Degenfeld-Schonburg

Optical frequency combs have the potential to improve the precision of the radial velocity measurement of celestial bodies, leading to breakthroughs in such fields as exoplanet exploration. For these purposes, the comb must have a broad…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-06 Keisuke Nakamura , Ken Kashiwagi , Sho Okubo , Hajime Inaba

Terahertz (THz) frequency combs are increasingly essential for spectroscopy, metrology, and quantum science. However, generating a dense array of evenly spaced ultra-narrow THz comb lines is challenging. Here, we demonstrate broadband THz…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-10 Min Li , Yu Xia , Yuan Chen , Sinan Tao , Mingyang He , Kun Huang , Hua Li , Ming Yan , Heping Zeng

Frequency-modulated lasers (FMLs) are widely used in spectroscopy, biology, and LiDAR. The performance of these applications highly depends on the fast and precise tracking of the FMLs' absolute frequency, which remains a challenge. Here we…

Optics · Physics 2025-08-25 Weiwei Yang , Xingyu Jia , Jingyi Wang , Xinlun Cai , Yang Li , Guanhao Wu

We report on experimental and theoretical demonstration of an optical comb spectrum based on a combination of cascaded stimulated Raman scattering and four-wave mixing mediated by Raman-induced nonresonant Kerr-type nonlinearity. This…

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…

Reducing the pulse repetition rate of an optical frequency comb increases the pulse energy for a given average power. This enhances the efficiency of nonlinear frequency conversion and it facilitates extending the accessible wavelength…

Laser-driven high-Q Kerr-nonlinear optical microresonators enable parametric oscillation with low-power continuous-wave lasers and host a variety of coherent dissipative structures, including dissipative Kerr solitons and switching waves.…

Optics · Physics 2026-04-08 Tobias Herr , Alexey Tikan , Tobias J. Kippenberg

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

Optical frequency combs and their spectra of evenly spaced discrete laser lines are essential to modern time and frequency metrology. Recent advances in integrated photonic waveguides enable efficient nonlinear broadening of an initially…