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 …

Dissipative Kerr solitons in optical microresonators

T Herr, ML Gorodetsky… - Nonlinear optical cavity …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter describes the discovery and stable generation of temporal dissipative Kerr
solitons in continuous‐wave (CW) laser‐driven optical microresonators. The experimental …

On-chip dual-comb source for spectroscopy

A Dutt, C Joshi, X Ji, J Cardenas, Y Okawachi… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Dual-comb spectroscopy is a powerful technique for real-time, broadband optical sampling
of molecular spectra, which requires no moving components. Recent developments with …

Temporal solitons in microresonators driven by optical pulses

E Obrzud, S Lecomte, T Herr - Nature Photonics, 2017 - nature.com
Continuous-wave laser-driven, high-Q Kerr–nonlinear optical microresonators have enabled
the generation of optical frequency combs, ultralow-noise microwaves and ultrashort optical …

Microresonator-based optical frequency combs

TJ Kippenberg, R Holzwarth, SA Diddams - science, 2011 - science.org
The series of precisely spaced, sharp spectral lines that form an optical frequency comb is
enabling unprecedented measurement capabilities and new applications in a wide range of …

Universal formation dynamics and noise of Kerr-frequency combs in microresonators

T Herr, K Hartinger, J Riemensberger, CY Wang… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Optical frequency combs allow for the precise measurement of optical frequencies and are
used in a growing number of applications. The new class of Kerr-frequency comb sources …

CMOS-compatible multiple-wavelength oscillator for on-chip optical interconnects

JS Levy, A Gondarenko, MA Foster… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Silicon photonics enables the fabrication of on-chip, ultrahigh-bandwidth optical networks
that are critical for the future of microelectronics,,. Several optical components necessary for …

CMOS-compatible integrated optical hyper-parametric oscillator

L Razzari, D Duchesne, M Ferrera, R Morandotti… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Integrated multiple-wavelength laser sources, critical for important applications such as high-
precision broadband sensing and spectroscopy, molecular fingerprinting, optical clocks and …

Optical frequency comb generation from a monolithic microresonator

P Del'Haye, A Schliesser, O Arcizet, T Wilken… - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
Optical frequency combs,, provide equidistant frequency markers in the infrared, visible and
ultraviolet,, and can be used to link an unknown optical frequency to a radio or microwave …

Octave spanning tunable frequency comb from a microresonator

P Del'Haye, T Herr, E Gavartin, ML Gorodetsky… - Physical Review Letters, 2011 - APS
We report the generation of an octave-spanning optical frequency comb in a continuous
wave laser pumped microresonator. The generated comb spectrum covers the wavelength …