• DocumentCode
    1659286
  • Title

    Broadband parametric frequency combs with sub-100-GHz repetition rates

  • Author

    Johnson, Adrea R. ; Okawachi, Yoshitomo ; Levy, Jacob S. ; Cardenas, Jaime ; Saha, Kasturi ; Lipson, Michal ; Gaeta, Alexander L.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate comb generation with spacings of 80, 40, and 20 GHz using cascaded parametric oscillation in silicon-nitride spiral microresonators. Our measurements indicate that the comb linewidth is due to fluctuations in the pump power.
  • Keywords
    micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; optical resonators; silicon compounds; Si3N4; broadband parametric frequency combs; cascaded parametric oscillation; comb linewidth; frequency 20 GHz; frequency 40 GHz; frequency 80 GHz; pump power; repetition rates; silicon-nitride spiral microresonators; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical ring resonators; Radio frequency; Resonant frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325874