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 …

Multispecies and individual gas molecule detection using Stokes solitons in a graphene over-modal microresonator

T Tan, Z Yuan, H Zhang, G Yan, S Zhou, N An… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Soliton frequency combs generate equally-distant frequencies, offering a powerful tool for
fast and accurate measurements over broad spectral ranges. The generation of solitons in …

Mid-infrared frequency comb via coherent dispersive wave generation in silicon nitride nanophotonic waveguides

H Guo, C Herkommer, A Billat, D Grassani, C Zhang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Mid-infrared optical frequency combs are of significant interest for molecular spectroscopy
due to the large absorption of molecular vibrational modes on the one hand, and the ability …

Spatially multiplexed single-cavity dual-comb laser

J Pupeikis, B Willenberg, SL Camenzind, A Benayad… - Optica, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Single-cavity dual-comb lasers are a new class of ultrafast lasers that have a wide possible
application space including pump–probe sampling, optical ranging, and gas absorption …

Optically pumped VECSELs: review of technology and progress

M Guina, A Rantamäki… - Journal of Physics D …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs) are the most versatile laser
sources, combining unique features such as wide spectral coverage, ultrashort pulse …

Standoff chemical detection using laser absorption spectroscopy: a review

J Li, Z Yu, Z Du, Y Ji, C Liu - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Remote chemical detection in the atmosphere or some specific space has always been of
great interest in many applications for environmental protection and safety. Laser absorption …

Cavity-enhanced photoacoustic dual-comb spectroscopy

Z Wang, Q Nie, H Sun, Q Wang, S Borri… - Light: Science & …, 2024 - nature.com
Photoacoustic dual-comb spectroscopy (DCS), converting spectral information in the optical
frequency domain to the audio frequency domain via multi-heterodyne beating, enables …

Dual-comb generation from a single laser source: principles and spectroscopic applications towards mid-IR—A review

R Liao, H Tian, W Liu, R Li, Y Song… - Journal of Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Dual-comb spectroscopy (DCS) is a promising approach for real time, high precision, and
high sensitivity Fourier-transform spectroscopy. DCS requires a pair of tightly phase-locked …

Near-ultraviolet photon-counting dual-comb spectroscopy

B Xu, Z Chen, TW Hänsch, N Picqué - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Ultraviolet spectroscopy provides unique insights into the structure of matter with
applications ranging from fundamental tests to photochemistry in the Earth's atmosphere …