• DocumentCode
    733259
  • Title

    Low-noise silicon mid-infrared frequency comb

  • Author

    Griffith, Austin G. ; Okawachi, Yoshitomo ; Cardenas, Jaime ; Gaeta, Alexander L. ; Lipson, Michal

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate low-noise mid-infrared frequency comb generation using a silicon microresonator. Using an integrated PIN-diode detector, we show a transition to a low RF-amplitude-noise state consistent with demonstrations of phase-locking in other microresonator platforms.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; micro-optics; microcavities; optical frequency combs; optical noise; optical resonators; p-i-n diodes; silicon; Si; integrated PIN-diode detector; low RF-amplitude-noise state; low-noise silicon mid-infrared frequency comb generation; phase-locking; silicon microresonator; Microcavities; Noise; Optical filters; Photonics; Radio frequency; Resonant frequency; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183696