• DocumentCode
    1666956
  • Title

    Silicon-chip-based octave-spanning frequency comb

  • Author

    Okawachi, Yoshitomo ; Saha, Kasturi ; Levy, Jacob S. ; Wen, Y. Henry ; Lipson, Michal ; Gaeta, Alexander L.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate an octave-spanning frequency comb via parametric four-wave mixing in a monolithic, high-Q silicon nitride microring resonator. The comb is generated from a single-frequency pump laser and spans 180 THz with a 226-GHz spacing.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; micro-optics; multiwave mixing; optical pumping; optical resonators; silicon; silicon compounds; Si; SiN; frequency 180 THz; high-Q silicon nitride microring resonator; monolithic microring resonator; octave-spanning frequency comb; parametric four-wave mixing; silicon chip; single-frequency pump laser; High speed optical techniques; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical ring resonators; Resonant frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326155