Title :
Towards an optical frequency comb with mm-scale microresonators for distributing atomic standards
Author :
Papp, Scott B. ; Diddams, Scott A.
Author_Institution :
Time & Freq. Div. 688, Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We will discuss progress on the fabrication of optical microresonators for generation of a frequency comb via nonlinear parametric oscillation. With disk-like resonators of quartz we have achieved Q = 109.
Keywords :
micromechanical resonators; optical parametric oscillators; optical resonators; atomic standards; disk-like resonators; mm-scale microresonators; nonlinear parametric oscillation; optical frequency comb; optical microresonators; Microcavities; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical sensors; Resonant frequency; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
