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LIGHT-SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS
卷 6, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
CHINESE ACAD SCIENCES, CHANGCHUN INST OPTICS FINE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2016.202
关键词
frequency combs; integrated optics; Kerr frequency combs; metrology; microresonator frequency combs; nonlinear optics
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资金
- European Space Agency (ESA) [4000108280/12/NL/PA]
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) [W911NF-11-1-0202]
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Force Material Command [FA9550-15-1-0099]
- ESA [4000105962/12/NL/PA]
- Marie Curie IIF Fellowship
- Hasler foundation
- EPFL
- Marie Curie, FP7 [291771]
Self-referencing turns pulsed laser systems into self-referenced frequency combs. Such frequency combs allow counting of optical frequencies and have a wide range of applications. The required optical bandwidth to implement self-referencing is typically obtained via nonlinear broadening in optical fibers. Recent advances in the field of Kerr frequency combs have provided a path toward the development of compact frequency comb sources that provide broadband frequency combs, exhibit microwave repetition rates and are compatible with on-chip photonic integration. These devices have the potential to significantly expand the use of frequency combs. Yet to date, self-referencing of such Kerr frequency combs has only been attained by applying conventional, fiber-based broadening techniques. Here we demonstrate external broadening-free self-referencing of a Kerr frequency comb. An optical spectrum spanning two-thirds of an octave is directly synthesized from a continuous wave laser-driven silicon nitride microresonator using temporal dissipative Kerr soliton formation and soliton Cherenkov radiation. Using this coherent bandwidth and two continuous wave transfer lasers in a 2f-3f self-referencing scheme, we are able to detect the offset frequency of the soliton Kerr frequency comb. By stabilizing the repetition rate to a radio frequency reference, the self-referenced frequency comb is used to count and track the continuous wave pump laser's frequency. This work demonstrates the principal ability of soliton Kerr frequency combs to provide microwave-to-optical clockworks on a chip.
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