Ultra-pure RF tone from a micro-ring resonator based optical frequency comb source

Abstract

We demonstrate a novel mode locked ultrafast laser, based on an integrated high-Q micr-oring resonator. Our scheme exhibits stable operation of two slightly shifted spectral optical comb replicas. It generates a highly monochromatic radiofrequency modulation of 60MHz on a 200GHz output pulse train, with a linewidth < 10kHz

8 pages, 30 references, 5 figures

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