Gain-through-filtering enables tuneable frequency comb generation in passive optical resonators

Abstract

Optical frequency combs (OFCs), consisting of a set of phase-locked, equally spaced laser frequency lines, have enabled a great leap in precision spectroscopy and metrology since seminal works of Hänsch et al. Nowadays, OFCs are cornerstones of a wealth of further applications ranging from chemistry and biology to astrophysics and including molecular fingerprinting and light detection and ranging (LIDAR) systems, among others. Driven passive optical resonators constitute the ideal platform for OFC generation in terms of compactness and low energy footprint. We propose here a technique for the generation of OFCs with a tuneable repetition rate in externally driven optical resonators based on the gain-through-filtering process, a simple and elegant method, due to asymmetric spectral filtering on one side of the pump wave. We demonstrate a proof-of-concept experimental result in a fibre resonator, pioneering a new technique that does not require specific engineering of the resonator dispersion to generate frequency-agile OFCs.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12375-3
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT)
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Uncontrolled Keywords: frequency combs,nonlinear optics,optical spectroscopy
Publication ISSN: 2041-1723
Last Modified: 25 Mar 2024 08:36
Date Deposited: 17 Oct 2019 16:35
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2019-10-03
Accepted Date: 2019-08-26
Authors: Bessin, Florent
Perego, Auro M. (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-5211-6513)
Staliunas, Kestutis
Turitsyn, Sergei K. (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-0101-3834)
Kudlinski, Alexandre
Conforti, Matteo
Mussot, Arnaud

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