Lamb, E.
, Carlson, D.
, Hickstein, D.
, Stone, J.
, Diddams, S.
and Papp, S.
(2018),
Optical-Frequency Measurements with a Kerr Microcomb and Photonic-Chip Supercontinuum, Optica
(Accessed April 27, 2025)
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Optical-Frequency Measurements with a Kerr Microcomb and Photonic-Chip Supercontinuum
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Dissipative solitons formed in Kerr microresonators offer the promise of chip-scale frequency combs that can extend precision metrology outside of a laboratory environment. We explore the creation of an octave-spanning, 15 GHz repetition rate microcomb suitable for both f-2f self- referencing and optical-frequency comparisons across the near infrared. We use a simple and reliable approach to deterministically generate, and subsequently frequency stabilize, soliton pulse trains in a silica disk resonator. Efficient silicon-nitride waveguides provide a supercontinuum spanning 700-2100 nm, enabling both offset-frequency stabilization and optical- frequency measurements with >100 nW per mode. We use the stabilized comb to perform the first microcomb-mediated comparison of two ultrastable optical reference cavities to demonstrate its utility.Citation
Optica
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integrated optics, microcavities, nonlinear optics, supercontinuum generation, ultrafast nonlinear optics
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Created February 27, 2018, Updated March 26, 2018