Clustered frequency comb
Author(s) -
Andrey B. Matsko,
Anatoliy A. Savchenkov,
ShuWei Huang,
Lute Maleki
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
optics letters
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1071-2763
pISSN - 0146-9592
DOI - 10.1364/ol.41.005102
Subject(s) - frequency comb , octave (electronics) , dispersion (optics) , range (aeronautics) , optics , physics , free spectral range , resonator , phase (matter) , magnesium fluoride , group velocity , optical frequency comb , materials science , magnesium , quantum mechanics , laser , composite material , metallurgy
We show theoretically that it is feasible to generate a spectrally broad Kerr frequency comb consisting of several spectral clusters phase matched due to interplay among second- and higher-order group velocity dispersion contributions. We validate the theoretical analysis experimentally by driving a magnesium fluoride resonator, characterized with 110 GHz free spectral range, with a continuous wave light at 1.55 μm and observing two comb clusters separated by nearly two-thirds of an octave.
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