Ferdous, F.
, Miao, H.
, Wang, P.
, Leaird, D.
, Srinivasan, K.
, Chen, L.
, Aksyuk, V.
and Weiner, A.
(2012),
Probing coherence in microcavity frequency combs via optical pulse shaping, Optics Express, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=911692
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Probing coherence in microcavity frequency combs via optical pulse shaping
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Fahmida Ferdous, , Pei-Hsun Wang, Daniel E. Leaird, , , , Andrew M. Weiner
Abstract
Recent investigations of microcavity frequency combs based on cascaded four-wave mixing have revealed a link between the evolution of the optical spectrum and the observed temporal coherence. Here we study a silicon nitride microresonator for which the initial four-wave mixing sidebands are spaced by multiple free spectral ranges (FSRs) from the pump, then fill in to yield a comb with single FSR spacing, resulting in partial coherence. By using a pulse shaper to select and manipulate the phase of various subsets of spectral lines, we are able to probe the structure of the coherence within the partially coherent comb. Our data demonstrate strong variation in the degree of mutual coherence between different groups of lines and provide support for a simple model of partially coherent comb formation.Citation
Optics Express
Volume
20
Issue
19
Pub Type
Journals
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Keywords
Pulse shaping, Ultrafast measurements, Micro-optical devices, Ultrafast nonlinear optics, Optical frequency comb
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Created August 28, 2012, Updated October 12, 2021