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Parametric seeding of a microresonator optical frequency comb
Published
Author(s)
Scott B. Papp, Pascal P. Del'Haye, Scott A. Diddams
Abstract
We have investigated parametric seeding of a microresonator frequency comb (microcomb) by way of a pump laser with two intensity modulation sidebands. We show that the pump-sideband spacing is precisely replicated throughout the microcomb's optical spectrum, and we demonstrate a record absolute line spacing stability for microcombs of $1.6\times10^{-13}$ at 1 s. Parametric comb generation is complicated, and often non-equidistant subcombs are observed. Our results demonstrate that parametric seeding can not only control the subcombs, but it can lead to the generation of a strictly equidistant microcomb spectrum.
Citation
Optics Express
Volume
21
Issue
15
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
frequency metrology, microresonators, nonlinear optics, optical frequency combs
Papp, S.
, Del'Haye, P.
and Diddams, S.
(2013),
Parametric seeding of a microresonator optical frequency comb, Optics Express
(Accessed October 13, 2025)