Papp, S.
, Del'Haye, P.
and Diddams, S.
(2013),
Parametric seeding of a microresonator optical frequency comb, Optics Express
(Accessed April 24, 2024)
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Parametric seeding of a microresonator optical frequency comb
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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
Citation
Created July 16, 2013, Updated February 19, 2017