Title :
Demonstration of integrated mid-IR Kerr frequency combs
Author :
Anatoliy A. Savchenkov;Vladimir. S. Ilchenko;Fabio Di Teodoro;Paul M. Belden;William T. Lotshaw;Andrey B. Matsko;Lute Maleki
Author_Institution :
OEwaves Inc., 465 N. Halstead Street, Suite 140, Pasadena, California 91107, USA
Abstract :
We report on generation of Kerr frequency combs centered at 4.55μm in high quality factor (Q) CaF2 whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonators pumped with quantum cascade lasers. A broad frequency comb is demonstrated when several mW of pumping light are coupled to a CaF2 WGM resonator characterized with Q > 107.
Keywords :
"Optical resonators","Assembly","Detectors","Optical pumping"
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2015
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2015.7323602