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We study the analogue of optical frequency combs in driven nonlinear phononic systems, and present a new generation mechanism for phononic frequency combs via nonlinear resonances. The nonlinear resonance refers to the simultaneous…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-02-25 Lushuai Cao , Dongxiang Qi , Ruwen Peng , Mu Wang , Peter Schmelcher

Two kinds of spectral control over $\gamma$-ray echo using a nuclear frequency comb system are theoretically investigated. A nuclear frequency comb system is composed of multiple nuclear targets under magnetization (hyperfine splitting),…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-08 Chia-Jung Yeh , Po-Han Lin , Xiwen Zhang , Olga Kocharovskaya , Wen-Te Liao

Because they coherently link radio/microwave-rate electrical signals with optical-rate signals derived from lasers and atomic transitions, frequency combs are having a remarkably broad impact on science and technology. Integrating these…

Optics · Physics 2015-08-04 Xu Yi , Qi-Fan Yang , Ki Youl Yang , Myoung-Gyun Suh , Kerry Vahala

Beginning with a continuous wave laser at 1064 nm, we generate a 30 GHz electro-optic frequency comb which contains 100 lines spanning 3 THz. The initial comb is subsequently amplified, spectrally broadened in normal dispersion photonic…

Phononic frequency combs (PFCs) typically require nonlinear elastic media, limiting their frequency range and stability. Here, we propose a transformative approach to generate PFCs in purely linear elastic media by harnessing the magnon…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-27 Ziyang Yu , Zhejunyu Jin , Qianjun Zheng , Peng Yan

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…

A phononic frequency comb consists of equally spaced components in the mechanical frequency domain and holds promise for numerous applications. Yet, prior demonstrations have been limited in spectral range due to the inherently low…

Optics · Physics 2025-09-05 Xirui Gou , William Privratsky , Wenhan Sun , Yuncong Liu , Hamed Abiri , Qing Li

A one-dimensional atom -- an atomic system coupled to a single optical mode -- is central for many applications in optical quantum technologies. Here we introduce an effective one-dimensional atom consisting of two interacting quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-18 Ilan Shlesinger , Pascale Senellart , Loïc Lanco , Jean-Jacques Greffet

Kerr microresonators driven in the normal dispersion regime typically require the presence of localized dispersion perturbations, such as those induced by avoided mode crossings, to initiate the formation of optical frequency combs. In this…

Fourier transform spectroscopy based on incoherent light sources is a well-established tool in research fields from molecular spectroscopy and atmospheric monitoring to material science and biophysics. It provides broadband molecular…

We generate multiple optical carriers with ultra-low phase noise, over a useable bandwidth of 160 GHz, from an externally injected gain-switched comb source with exceptional low linewidth below 10 Hz. We show successful transmission of 17…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-02 Yi Lin , Seán Ó Duill , Frank Smyth , Skip Williams , Anatoliy Savchenkov , Liam P. Barry

To date, orbital angular momentum (OAM) and optical frequency combs (OFCs) are two distinct fields of research without any association. Herein, we generated OFCs with an OAM on each comb line by applying electro-optic phase modulation to…

Optics · Physics 2024-01-04 Jinze He , Xingyu Jia , Bingyan Wei , Guanhao Wu , Yang Li

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

Frequency combs (FC) have radically changed the landscape of frequency metrology and high-resolution spectroscopy investigations extending tremendously the achievable resolution while increasing signal to noise ratio. Initially developed in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-05-14 S. Tammaro , O. Pirali , P. Roy , J. -F. Lampin , G. Ducournau , A. Cuisset , F. Hindle , G. Mouret

Modern optical communication systems transmit multiple frequency channels, each operating very close to its theoretical limit. The total bandwidth can reach 10THz limited by the optical amplifiers. Maximizing spectral efficiency, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-11-11 Mikael Mazur , Jochen Schröder , Magnus Karlsson , Peter A. Andrekson

Optical frequency combs are laser sources which are capable of generating discrete, equal-spaced and highly coherent comb modes. Optical frequency comb technique provides a significant bridge to transfer the stability between optical…

Optics · Physics 2022-04-14 Haochen Tian

Robust control and stabilization of optical frequency combs enables an extraordinary range of scientific and technological applications, including frequency metrology at extreme levels of precision, novel spectroscopy of quantum gases and…

Optics · Physics 2013-08-09 Scott B. Papp , Pascal Del'Haye , Scott A. Diddams

We demonstrate ultra-broadband optoelectronic mixing of frequency combs that provides phase-coherent detection of a repetition frequency up to 500 GHz, using a high-speed modified uni-traveling carrier (MUTC) photodiode. Nonlinear…

Optics · Physics 2024-10-30 Jizhao Zang , Jesse S. Morgan , Andreas Beling , Scott B. Papp

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…

We propose a new approach to the generation of acoustic frequency combs (AFC) -- signals with spectra containing equidistant coherent peaks. AFCs are essential for a number of sensing and measurement applications, where the established…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-01-01 Bui Quoc Huy Nguyen , Ivan S. Maksymov , Sergey A. Suslov