Octave-spanning Kerr soliton frequency combs in dispersion- and dissipation-engineered lithium niobate microresonatorsDissipative Kerr solitons from optical microresonators, commonly referred to as soliton microcombs, have been developed for a broad range of applications, including precision measurement, optical...
Microresonator frequency combs can be an enabling technology for optical frequency synthesis and timekeeping in low size, weight, and power architectures. Such systems require comb operation in low-noise, phase-coherent states such as solitons, with broad spectral bandwidths (e.g., octave-spanning)...
Modeling of octave-spanning Kerr frequency combs using a generalized mean-field Lugiato-Lefever model A generalized Lugiato-Lefever equation is numerically solved with a\nNewton-Raphson method to model Kerr frequency combs. We obtain excellent\nagreement with past experiments, even for an octave-...
Laser frequency combs, sources with a spectrum consisting of hundred thousands evenly spaced narrow lines, have an exhilarating potential for new approaches to molecular spectroscopy and sensing in the mid-infrared region. The generation of such broadban
Since its invention, optical frequency comb has revolutionized a broad range of subjects from metrology to spectroscopy. The recent development of microresonator-based frequency combs (microcombs) provides a unique pathway to create frequency comb system
Ultra-broadband laser frequency combs operating at multi-gigahertz repetition rate are important for applications in frequency metrology, as well as time-resolved and frequency-domain spectroscopy. A compact Ti:Sapphire laser (depicted in Fig. 1(a)) is a promising candidate for implementing such a ...
an octave optical comb spanning from 1100 to 2200 nm is successfully realized through the self-phase modulation effect and dispersion wave generation in a commercial nonlinear optical fiber.Using dual-mode microcavity lasers with different mode intervals,we achieve frequency combs with octave bandwidths...
The present invention provides octave-spanning optical frequency combs. The octave-spanning optical frequency combs employ microresonators having improved stability using a smaller form factor. In some embodiments, the octave-spanning optical frequency combs are fabricated using aluminum nitride (AlN). AlN...
A new method has recently been demonstrated for the generation of these combs, and it is based on the excitation of the whispering gallery mode of a high Q monolithic resonator through the Kerr effect. In this paper, we will discuss some of the key challenges in achieving octave spanning ...
Optical frequency combs have revolutionized the field of frequency metrology within the last decade and have become enabling tools for atomic clocks, gas sensing and astrophysical spectrometer calibration. The rapidly increasing number of applications has heightened interest in more compact comb generators....