[HTML][HTML] 20 years of developments in optical frequency comb technology and applications

T Fortier, E Baumann - Communications Physics, 2019 - nature.com
Optical frequency combs were developed nearly two decades ago to support the world's
most precise atomic clocks. Acting as precision optical synthesizers, frequency combs …

Frequency comb spectroscopy

N Picqué, TW Hänsch - Nature Photonics, 2019 - nature.com
A laser frequency comb is a broad spectrum composed of equidistant narrow lines. Initially
invented for frequency metrology, such combs enable new approaches to spectroscopy over …

Integrated femtosecond pulse generator on thin-film lithium niobate

M Yu, D Barton III, R Cheng, C Reimer, P Kharel, L He… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Integrated femtosecond pulse and frequency comb sources are critical components for a
wide range of applications, including optical atomic clocks, microwave photonics …

Photonic microwave generation in the X-and K-band using integrated soliton microcombs

J Liu, E Lucas, AS Raja, J He, J Riemensberger… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Microwave photonic technologies, which upshift the carrier into the optical domain, have
facilitated the generation and processing of ultra-wideband electronic signals at vastly …

Photonic RF arbitrary waveform generator based on a soliton crystal micro-comb source

M Tan, X Xu, A Boes, B Corcoran, J Wu… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report a photonic-based radio frequency (RF) arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) using
a soliton crystal micro-comb source with a free spectral range (FSR) of 48.9 GHz. The comb …

Integral order photonic RF signal processors based on a soliton crystal micro-comb source

M Tan, X Xu, J Wu, B Corcoran, A Boes… - Journal of …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Soliton crystal micro-combs are powerful tools as sources of multiple wavelength channels
for radio frequency (RF) signal processing. They offer a compact device footprint, a large …

Photonic radio frequency channelizers based on Kerr optical micro-combs

M Tan, X Xu, J Wu, TG Nguyen, ST Chu… - Journal of …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We review recent work on broadband RF channelizers based on integrated optical
frequency Kerr micro-combs combined with passive micro-ring resonator filters, with …

Microcomb-based photonic RF signal processing

X Xu, M Tan, J Wu, R Morandotti… - IEEE Photonics …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microcombs are powerful tools as sources of multiple wavelength channels for photonic
radio frequency (RF) signal processing. They offer a compact device footprint, large …

Photonic RF and microwave filters based on 49 GHz and 200 GHz Kerr microcombs

M Tan, X Xu, J Wu, R Morandotti, A Mitchell… - Optics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Integrated Kerr microcombs are emerging as a powerful tool as sources of multiple
wavelength channels for photonic RF and microwave signal processing mainly in the …

[HTML][HTML] Micro-combs: A novel generation of optical sources

A Pasquazi, M Peccianti, L Razzari, DJ Moss, S Coen… - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
The quest towards the integration of ultra-fast, high-precision optical clocks is reflected in the
large number of high-impact papers on the topic published in the last few years. This interest …