Optical frequency combs: Coherently uniting the electromagnetic spectrum

SA Diddams, K Vahala, T Udem - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND The generation and control of coherent electromagnetic waves, such as
those provided by electronic oscillators in the radio frequency domain or lasers in the optical …

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 …

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 …

Dual-comb spectroscopy

I Coddington, N Newbury, W Swann - Optica, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Dual-comb spectroscopy is an emerging new spectroscopic tool that exploits the frequency
resolution, frequency accuracy, broad bandwidth, and brightness of frequency combs for …

Toward real-time terahertz imaging

H Guerboukha, K Nallappan… - Advances in Optics and …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Terahertz (THz) science and technology have greatly progressed over the past two decades
to a point where the THz region of the electromagnetic spectrum is now a mature research …

Metallic MXene saturable absorber for femtosecond mode‐locked lasers

YI Jhon, J Koo, B Anasori, M Seo, JH Lee… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D transition metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitides called MXenes have
attracted much attention due to their outstanding properties. However, MXene's potential in …

Ultra-low-loss on-chip resonators with sub-milliwatt parametric oscillation threshold

X Ji, FAS Barbosa, SP Roberts, A Dutt, J Cardenas… - Optica, 2017 - opg.optica.org
On-chip optical resonators have the promise of revolutionizing numerous fields, including
metrology and sensing; however, their optical losses have always lagged behind those of …

Broadband mid-infrared frequency comb generation in a Si3N4 microresonator

K Luke, Y Okawachi, MRE Lamont, AL Gaeta… - Optics letters, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate broadband frequency comb generation in the mid-infrared (MIR) from 2.3 to
3.5 μm in a Si_3N_4 microresonator. We engineer the dispersion of the structure in the MIR …

Ultralow-noise mode-locked fiber lasers and frequency combs: principles, status, and applications

J Kim, Y Song - Advances in Optics and Photonics, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We review the most recent progress in ultralow-noise mode-locked fiber lasers and fiber-
based frequency-comb sources. With the rapid progress in theory, measurement, and …