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 …

Recent advances in laser self-injection locking to high-Q microresonators

NM Kondratiev, VE Lobanov, AE Shitikov, RR Galiev… - Frontiers of …, 2023 - Springer
The stabilization and manipulation of laser frequency by means of an external cavity are
nearly ubiquitously used in fundamental research and laser applications. While most of the …

Dual-polarization RF channelizer based on microcombs

W Han, Z Liu, Y Xu, M Tan, Y Li, X Zhu, Y Ou, F Yin… - Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
We report a dual-polarization radio frequency (RF) channelizer based on microcombs. Two
high-Q micro-ring resonators (MRRs) with slightly different free spectral ranges (FSRs) are …

Emerging integrated laser technologies in the visible and short near-infrared regimes

X Lu, L Chang, MA Tran, T Komljenovic, JE Bowers… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Applications in timekee**, quantum sensing and quantum computing have sparked
growing demand for high-performance photonic integrated circuit (PIC) lasers at visible and …

All-optical frequency division on-chip using a single laser

Y Zhao, JK Jang, GJ Beals, KJ McNulty, X Ji… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The generation of spectrally pure microwave signals is a critical functionality in fundamental
and applied sciences, including metrology and communications. Optical frequency combs …

Tantala Kerr nonlinear integrated photonics

H Jung, SP Yu, DR Carlson, TE Drake, TC Briles… - Optica, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Integrated photonics plays a central role in modern science and technology, enabling
experiments from nonlinear science to quantum information, ultraprecise measurements and …

Coherent optical communications using coherence-cloned Kerr soliton microcombs

Y Geng, H Zhou, X Han, W Cui, Q Zhang, B Liu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Dissipative Kerr soliton microcombs have been recognized as a promising multi-wavelength
laser source for fiber optical communications, as their comb lines possess frequency and …

Optical-parametric oscillation in photonic-crystal ring resonators

JA Black, G Brodnik, H Liu, SP Yu, DR Carlson, J Zang… - Optica, 2022 - opg.optica.org
By-design<? TeX 2pc 0pt?> access to laser wavelength, especially with integrated
photonics, is critical to advance quantum sensors, such as optical clocks and quantum …

Ultralow-noise photonic microwave synthesis using a soliton microcomb-based transfer oscillator

E Lucas, P Brochard, R Bouchand, S Schilt… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The synthesis of ultralow-noise microwaves is of both scientific and technological relevance
for timing, metrology, communications and radio-astronomy. Today, the lowest reported …

Spontaneous pulse formation in edgeless photonic crystal resonators

SP Yu, DC Cole, H Jung, GT Moille, K Srinivasan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Nonlinearity in complex systems leads to pattern formation through fundamental interactions
between components. With integrated photonics, precision control of nonlinearity explores …