Presentation
5 March 2021 Broadband soliton microresonator frequency combs
Kartik Srinivasan
Author Affiliations +
Abstract
Photonic chip frequency comb generation based on Kerr-mediated nonlinear optical processes in microresonators is promising for a number of applications in time and frequency metrology, spectroscopy, sensing, and communications. In this talk, I will discuss our work in developing soliton microresonator frequency combs whose spectral bandwidths exceed an octave, so that when self-referenced, they can be used as core components of optical frequency synthesizers and optical atomic clocks. I will present recent efforts to create even broader bandwidth microcombs and to access visible wavelengths, which is a particular challenge due to the large dispersion of the constituent materials. Finally, I will discuss some of the outstanding design and simulation challenges associated with the development of these microcombs.
Conference Presentation
© (2021) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Kartik Srinivasan "Broadband soliton microresonator frequency combs", Proc. SPIE 11684, Ultrafast Phenomena and Nanophotonics XXV, 116840H (5 March 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2578934
Advertisement
Advertisement
KEYWORDS
Frequency combs

Microresonators

Solitons

Atomic clocks

Dispersion

Frequency metrology

Optical communications

Back to Top