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Non-classical quantum states are the pivotal features of a quantum system that differs from its classical counterpart. However, the generation and coherent control of quantum states in a macroscopic spin system remain an outstanding…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-17 Da Xu , Xu-Ke Gu , He-Kang Li , Yuan-Chao Weng , Yi-Pu Wang , Jie Li , H. Wang , Shi-Yao Zhu , J. Q. You

Frequency combs are multimode photonic systems that underlie countless precision sensing and metrology applications. Since their invention over two decades ago, numerous efforts have pushed frequency combs to broader bandwidths and more…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-18 Sahil Pontula , Debasmita Banerjee , Marin Soljacic , Yannick Salamin

We investigate the dynamics of a microwave-driven Josephson junction capacitively coupled to a lumped element LC oscillator. In the regime of driving where the Josephson junction can be approximated as a Kerr oscillator, this minimal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-13 Saeed A. Khan , Hakan E. Türeci

Optical frequency combs are increasingly used in applications such as optical communications, radio signal processing, and dual-comb spectroscopy. Many of these applications require a broad, flat spectrum with tunable center wavelength and…

Optics · Physics 2025-05-06 Yijia Cai , Zhixin Liu

Frequency combs consist of a spectrum of evenly spaced spectral lines. Optical frequency combs enable technologies ranging from timing, LiDAR, and ultra-stable signal sources. Microwave frequency combs are analogous to optical frequency…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-02-23 Ian Anderson , Jack Kramer , Tzu-Hsuan Hsu , Yinan Wang , Vakhtang Chulukhadze , Ruochen Lu

Wave-based data processing by spin waves and their quanta, magnons, is a promising technique to overcome the challenges which CMOS-based logic networks are facing nowadays. The advantage of these quasi-particles lies in their potential for…

Coherent conversion of microwave and optical photons can significantly expand the ability to control the information processing and communication systems. Here, we experimentally demonstrate the microwave-to-optical frequency conversion in…

Frequency conversion is a widely realized physical process in nonlinear systems of optics and electronics. As an emerging nonlinear platform, spintronic devices have the potential to achieve stronger frequency conversion. Here, we…

The mechanical analog of optical frequency combs, phononic frequency combs, has recently been demonstrated in mechanical resonators and has been attributed to coupling between multiple phonon modes. This paper investigates the influence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-02 Zhen Qi , Curtis R. Menyuk , Jason J. Gorman , Adarsh Ganesan

We experimentally demonstrate and theoretically explain the onset of optical frequency combs in a simple cavity-enhanced second-harmonic-generation system, exploiting second-order nonlinear interactions. Two combs are simultaneously…

It is shown that a highly equidistant optical frequency comb can be generated by the parametric excitation of an optical bottle microresonator with nanoscale effective radius variation by its natural mechanical vibrations.

Optics · Physics 2017-10-11 M. Sumetsky

We experimentally and theoretically investigate the dynamics of microresonator-based frequency comb generation assisted by mode coupling in the normal group-velocity dispersion (GVD) regime. We show that mode coupling can initiate…

We report, for the first time to the best of our knowledge, spectral phase characterization and line-by-line pulse shaping of an optical frequency comb generated by nonlinear wave mixing in a microring resonator. Through programmable pulse…

In this paper, we explore the spectral properties of the moving hollow-core photonic crystal waveguides (PCWs). We find that frequency combs could be generated in the hollow cores of the moving PCWs. Besides, amplitudes of the sidebands in…

Optics · Physics 2017-08-21 Hang Qu , Maksim Skorobogatiy

Recent experiments have demonstrated the generation of widely-spaced parametric sidebands that can evolve into "clustered" optical frequency combs in Kerr microresonators. Here we describe the physics that underpins the formation of such…

We present a method for engineering harmonic frequency combs (HFCs) in the terahertz spectral region. This approach involves interfacing a quantum cascade laser (QCL) with an external reflector featuring frequency-dependent reflectivity. A…

Optics · Physics 2024-12-03 Carlo Silvestri , Xiaoqiong Qi , Thomas Taimre , Aleksandar D. Rakić

Significant progress has been made for the emerging concept of magnon frequency comb (MFC) but mainly in the classical region. The quantum property of the comb structure is yet to be explored. Here we theoretically investigate the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-29 Qianjun Zheng , H. Y. Yuan , Yunshan Cao , Peng Yan

This study investigates the interaction between frequency combs and optical feedback effects in Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs). The theoretical analysis reveals new phenomena arising from the interplay between comb generation and feedback.…

Optics · Physics 2023-10-17 Carlo Silvestri , Xiaoqiong Qi , Thomas Taimre , Aleksandar D. Rakić

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

Optical frequency combs represent a revolutionary technology for high precision spectroscopy due to their narrow linewidths and precise frequency spacing. Generation of such combs in the mid-infrared (IR) spectral region (2-20 um) is of…