Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Compact Generator of an Optical Frequency Comb Based on Distributed-Feedback Laser Diode and High-Q Optical Microcavity

  • ATOMS, MOLECULES, OPTICS
  • Published:
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Optical frequency combs are a unique tool for fundamental metrology and spectroscopy; they are also used in various applications. High-Q microcavities are promising for generating coherent frequency combs. An approach based on the pulling effect, which is well-known in radiophysics, is proposed. The use of this effect makes it possible to develop a compact, commercially available source of an optical comb and microwave radiation based on a compact distributed-feedback laser diode with a low output power of 6 mW and a microcavity based on magnesium fluoride with a Q factor of 109. Different generation modes of optical frequency combs, corresponding to different numbers of generated solitons at a pump power of 6 mW and a wavelength of 1550 nm, as well as spectrally pure microwave radiation at a frequency of 12.94 GHz, are demonstrated.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 3.
Fig. 4.
Fig. 5.

REFERENCES

  1. H. Zang, D. Y. Tang, L. M. Zhao, and H. Y. Tam, Science (Washington, DC, U. S.) 33, 2317 (2008).

    Google Scholar 

  2. T. J. Kippenberg, A. L. Gaeta, M. Lipson, and M. L. Gorodetsky, Science (Washington, DC, U. S.) 361, eaan8083 (2018).

  3. T. Fortier and E. Baumann, Commun. Phys. 2, 153 (2019).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. T. Herr, V. Brash, J. Jost, et al., Nat. Photon. 8, 145 (2014).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. W. Liang, D. Eliyahu, V. Ilchenko, et al., Nat. Commun. 6, 7957 (2015).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. J. Liu, E. Lucas, A. S. Raja, et al., Nat. Commun. 6, 7957 (2020).

    Google Scholar 

  7. M.-G. Suh, Q.-F. Yang, K. Y. Yang, X. Yi, and K. J. Vahala, Sci. Adv. 354, 600 (2016).

    Google Scholar 

  8. P. Marin-Palomo, J. Kemal, M. Karpov, et al., Nature (London, U.K.) 546, 7957 (2017).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. A. Fülöp, M. Mazur, A. Lorences-Riesgo, et al., Nat. Commun. 9, 1598 (2018).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  10. J. Riemensberger, A. Lukashchuk, M. Karpov, et al., Nature (London, U.K.) 581, 164 (2020).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  11. E. Obrzud, M. Rainer, A. Harutyunyan, et al., Nat. Photon. 13, 31 (2019).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  12. M-G. Suh, X. Yi, Y. H. Lai, et al., Nat. Photon. 13, 25 (2019).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  13. J. Feldmann, N. Youngblood, M. Karpov, et al., Nature (London, U.K.) 591, E13 (2021).

  14. N. M. Kondratiev, V. E. Lobanov, A. V. Cherenkov, et al., Opt. Express 25, 28167 (2017).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  15. A. E. Shitikov, A. S. Voloshin, I. K. Gorelov, et al., JETP 134, 583 (2022).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  16. T. J. Kippenberg, R. Holzwarth, and S. A. Diddams, Science (Washington, DC, U. S.) 332, 555 (2011).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  17. V. Brasch, M. Geiselmann, T. Herr, et al., Science (Washington, DC, U. S.) 351, 357 (2016).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  18. K. N. Min’kov, G. V. Likhachev, N. G. Pavlov, et al., J. Opt. Technol. 88, 348 (2021).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. A. A. Savchenkov, A. B. Matsko, V. S. Ilchenko, and L. Maleki, Opt. Express 15, 6768 (2007).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  20. C. Lecaplain, C. Javerzac-Galy, M. Gorodetsky, et al., Nat. Commun. 7, 13383 (2016).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  21. A. A. Savchenkov, S.-W. Chiow, M. Ghasemkhani, et al., Opt. Lett. 44, 4175 (2019).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  22. M. L. Gorodetskii, Optical Microresonators with Giant Q Factor (Fizmatlit, Moscow, 2011) [in Russian].

    Google Scholar 

  23. W. Liang, A. B. Matsko, A. A. Savchenkov, V. S. Ilchenko, D. Seidel, and L. Maleki, Generation of Kerr Combs in MgF2 and CaF2 Microresonators (IEEE, San Francisco, 2011).

    Google Scholar 

  24. J. D. Jost, E. Lucas, T. Herr, et al., Opt. Lett. 40, 4723 (2015).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  25. A. E. Shitikov, V. E. Lobanov, N. M. Kondratiev, et al., Phys. Rev. Appl. 15, 064066 (2021).

  26. N. G. Pavlov, G. V. Lihachev, S. Koptyaev, et al., Opt. Lett. 42, 514 (2017).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  27. S. B. Papp, K. Beha, P. Del’Haye, et al., Optica 1, 10 (2014).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  28. N. G. Pavlov, S. Koptyaev, G. V. Lihachev, et al., Nat. Photon. 12, 694 (2018).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  29. M. Karpov, M. H. P. Pfeiffer, H. Guo, et al., Nat. Phys. 15, 1071 (2019).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  30. N. Kondratiev, V. Lobanov, N. Dmitriev, et al., arXiv: 2209.03707.

  31. R. R. Galiev, N. G. Pavlov, N. M. Kondratiev, et al., Opt. Express 26, 30509 (2018).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The study was performed using equipment of the Center for Collective Use of the All-Russian Research Institute of Optical and Physical Measurements (ckp.vniiofi.ru) and the Center for Collective Use “High-Resolution Imaging” of the Skoltekh (www.skoltech.ru).

Funding

The study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 21-72-00132).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Russian Quantum Center, 121205, Moscow, Russia

    D. D. Ruzhitskaya, K. A. Vorob’ev & K. N. Min’kov

  2. All-Russian Research Institute of Metrological Service, 119361, Moscow, Russia

    F. V. Bulygin & A. Yu. Kuzin

Authors
  1. D. D. Ruzhitskaya
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. K. A. Vorob’ev
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. F. V. Bulygin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. A. Yu. Kuzin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. K. N. Min’kov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to K. N. Min’kov.

Ethics declarations

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Additional information

Translated by Yu. Sin’kov

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Ruzhitskaya, D.D., Vorob’ev, K.A., Bulygin, F.V. et al. Compact Generator of an Optical Frequency Comb Based on Distributed-Feedback Laser Diode and High-Q Optical Microcavity. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 136, 699–703 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776123060092

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776123060092

Search

Navigation