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Electro-optic frequency combs for rapid interrogation in cavity optomechanics

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David Long, Benjamin J. Reschovsky, Feng Zhou, Yiliang Bao, Thomas W. LeBrun, Jason Gorman

Abstract

Electro-optic frequency combs were employed to rapidly interrogate an optomechanical sensor, demonstrating spectral resolution substantially exceeding that possible with a mode-locked frequency comb. Frequency combs were generated using an integrated-circuit-based direct digital synthesizer and utilized in a self-heterodyne configuration. Unlike approaches based upon laser locking, the present approach allows rapid, parallel measurements of full optical cavity modes, large dynamic range of sensor displacement, and acquisition across a wide frequency range between DC and 500 kHz. In addition to being well suited to measurements of acceleration, this optical frequency comb-based approach can be utilized for interrogation in a wide range of cavity optomechanical sensors.
Citation
Optics Letters
Volume
46
Issue
3
Pub Type
Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.405299
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Keywords

Frequency combs, electro-optics, instrumentation, sensors, optical cavity, accelerometry
Optical physics and communications

Citation

Long, D. , Reschovsky, B. , Zhou, F. , Bao, Y. , LeBrun, T. and Gorman, J. (2021), Electro-optic frequency combs for rapid interrogation in cavity optomechanics, Optics Letters, [online], https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.405299 (Accessed October 16, 2025)

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Created January 28, 2021, Updated March 1, 2021
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