Mid-IR Microresonator-Based Optical Frequency Combs

Abstract

The main goals for the work were (a) theoretical extraction of microresonator design parameters and specifications enabling the generation of Kerr combs in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) wavelength region and (b) demonstration of a mid-IR Kerr comb obtained by pumping a whispering gallery mode microresonator with a 4.5um quantum cascade laser (QCL), which amounts to the longest-wavelength Kerr comb to date and first to access the molecular fingerprint region of the optical spectrum, a critical enabler for a wide range of new military and civilian chemo/bio sensing applications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA622405

Entities

People

  • Andrey B. Matsko

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Distributed Feedback Lasers
  • Frequency Combs
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Resonators
  • Lasers
  • Nonlinear Optics
  • Optical Isolators
  • Optical Materials
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Quantum Cascade Lasers
  • Refractive Index
  • Repetition Rate
  • Semiconductor Lasers
  • Spectra
  • Wave Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Quantum Computing