Mid-infrared frequency combs

A Schliesser, N Picqué, TW Hänsch - Nature photonics, 2012 - nature.com
Laser frequency combs are coherent light sources that emit a broad spectrum of discrete,
evenly spaced narrow lines whose absolute frequency can be measured to within the …

Cavity-enhanced direct frequency comb spectroscopy: technology and applications

F Adler, MJ Thorpe, KC Cossel… - Annual Review of …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Cavity-enhanced direct frequency comb spectroscopy combines broad bandwidth, high
spectral resolution, and ultrahigh detection sensitivity in one experimental platform based on …

Silicon-chip mid-infrared frequency comb generation

AG Griffith, RKW Lau, J Cardenas, Y Okawachi… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Optical frequency combs are a revolutionary light source for high-precision spectroscopy
because of their narrow linewidths and precise frequency spacing. Generation of such …

On-chip optical comb sources

A Hermans, K Van Gasse, B Kuyken - APL Photonics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
On-chip integration of optical comb sources is crucial in enabling their widespread use.
Integrated photonic devices that can be mass-manufactured in semiconductor processing …

Phase-stabilized, 1.5 W frequency comb at 2.8–4.8 μm

F Adler, KC Cossel, MJ Thorpe, I Hartl, ME Fermann… - Optics letters, 2009 - opg.optica.org
We present a high-power optical-parametric-oscillator (OPO) based frequency comb in the
mid-IR wavelength region. The system employs periodically poled lithium niobate and is …

Broadband degenerate OPO for mid-infrared frequency comb generation

N Leindecker, A Marandi, RL Byer, KL Vodopyanov - Optics express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We present a new technique suitable for generating broadband phase-and frequency-
locked frequency combs in the mid-infrared. Our source is based on a degenerate optical …

Modulation instability induced frequency comb generation in a continuously pumped optical parametric oscillator

S Mosca, M Parisi, I Ricciardi, F Leo, T Hansson… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
Continuously pumped passive nonlinear cavities can be harnessed for the creation of novel
optical frequency combs. While most research has focused on third-order “Kerr” nonlinear …

Frequency comb generation in quadratic nonlinear media

I Ricciardi, S Mosca, M Parisi, P Maddaloni… - Physical Review A, 2015 - APS
We experimentally demonstrate and theoretically explain the onset of optical frequency
combs in a simple cavity-enhanced second-harmonic-generation system, exploiting second …

Coherence properties of a broadband femtosecond mid-IR optical parametric oscillator operating at degeneracy

A Marandi, NC Leindecker, V Pervak, RL Byer… - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
We study coherence properties of a χ^(2) optical parametric oscillator (OPO), which
produces 2/3-octave-wide spectrum centered at the subharmonic (3120 nm) of the …

Mid-IR frequency comb source spanning 4.4–5.4 μm based on subharmonic GaAs optical parametric oscillator

KL Vodopyanov, E Sorokin, IT Sorokina… - Optics letters, 2011 - opg.optica.org
Broadband mid-IR output suitable for producing 1000-nm-wide frequency combs centered at
4.9? μm was achieved in a degenerate subharmonic optical parametric oscillator (OPO) …