• DocumentCode
    2241805
  • 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
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950682