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Monolithic device for modelocking and stabilization of a frequency comb

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Kevin L. Silverman, Richard P. Mirin, Ari D. Feldman, Todd E. Harvey, Thomas Schibli, Chien-Chung Lee, Yosuke Hayashi

Abstract

We demonstrate a device that integrates a III-V semiconductor saturable absorber mirror with a graphene electro-optic modulator, which provides a monolithic solution to modelocking and noise suppression in a frequency comb. The device offers a pure loss modulation bandwidth exceeding 5 MHz and only requires a low voltage driver. This hybrid device provides not only compactness and simplicity in laser cavity design, but also small insertion loss, compared to the previous metallic-mirror-based modulators. We believe this work paves the way to portable and fieldable phase-coherent frequency combs.
Citation
Optics Express
Volume
23
Issue
26
Pub Type
Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.033038
Optical physics and communications

Citation

Silverman, K. , Mirin, R. , Feldman, A. , Harvey, T. , Schibli, T. , Lee, C. and Hayashi, Y. (2015), Monolithic device for modelocking and stabilization of a frequency comb, Optics Express, [online], https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.033038 (Accessed October 9, 2025)

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Created December 15, 2015, Updated November 10, 2018
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