Title :
Bandwidth shaping of parametric frequency combs via dispersion engineering
Author :
Okawachi, Yoshitomo ; Lamont, Michael R. E. ; Luke, Kevin ; Carvalho, Daniel O. ; Lipson, Michal ; Gaeta, Alexander L.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We investigate experimentally and theoretically the role of higher-order-dispersion on the bandwidth of microresonator-based parametric frequency combs. Our results demonstrate that fourth-order dispersion plays a critical role in determining the spectral bandwidth.
Keywords :
micro-optics; optical dispersion; optical frequency combs; optical parametric devices; optical resonators; bandwidth shaping; dispersion engineering; fourth-order dispersion; microresonator; parametric frequency combs; spectral bandwidth; Bandwidth; Dispersion; Educational institutions; Frequency division multiplexing; Microcavities; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
