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Optically synchronized fiber links with spectrally pure integrated lasers
Grant M. Brodnik, Mark W. Harrington, John H. Dallyn +7
Precision frequency and phase synchronization between distinct fiber interconnected nodes is critical for a wide range of applications, including atomic timekeeping, quantum networ…
Thermal noise and mechanical loss of SiO/TaO optical coatings at cryogenic temperatures
John M Robinson, Eric Oelker, William R Milner +8
Mechanical loss of dielectric mirror coatings sets fundamental limits for both gravitational wave detectors and cavity-stabilized optical local oscillators for atomic clocks. Two a…
Ultraprecise optical-frequency stabilization with heterogeneous III-V/Si lasers
Liron Stern, Wei Zhang, Lin Chang +8
Demand for low-noise, continuous-wave, frequency-tunable lasers based on semiconductor integrated photonics has been advancing in support of numerous applications. In particular, a…
A microrod optical-frequency reference in the ambient environment
Wei Zhang, Fred Baynes, Scott A. Diddams +1
We present an ultrahigh-, solid-silica microrod resonator operated under ambient conditions that supports laser-fractional-frequency stabilization to the thermal-noise limit of…
An ultrafast electro-optic light source with sub-cycle precision
David R. Carlson, Daniel D. Hickstein, Wei Zhang +4
Controlling femtosecond optical pulses with temporal precision better than one cycle of the carrier field has a profound impact on measuring and manipulating interactions between l…
High-performance near- and mid-infrared crystalline coatings
Garrett D. Cole, Wei Zhang, Bryce J. Bjork +11
Substrate-transferred crystalline coatings have recently emerged as a groundbreaking new concept in optical interference coatings. Building upon our initial demonstration of this t…
Time-resolved electron beam diagnostics with sub-femtosecond resolution
Guanglei Wang, Meng Zhang, Wei Zhang +2
In modern high-gain free-electron lasers, ultra-fast photon pulses designed for studying chemical, atomic and biological systems are generated from a serial of behaviors of high-br…
Dual-polarization light emission from InAs quantum dots in a annular photonic crystal cavity
Liyong Jiang, Wei Jia, Hong Wu +3
The annular photonic crystals have been regarded as a satisfactory candidate to realize dual-polarization photonic device. In this letter, we focus our attention on the study of an…
Spectral purity transfer between optical wavelengths at the level
Daniele Nicolodi, Béengère Argence, Wei Zhang +3
Ultra-stable lasers and optical frequency combs have been the enabling technologies for the tremendous progress of precise optical spectroscopy in the last ten years. To improve la…
Tenfold reduction of Brownian noise in optical interferometry
Garrett D. Cole, Wei Zhang, Michael J. Martin +2
Thermally induced fluctuations impose a fundamental limit on precision measurement. In optical interferometry, the current bounds of stability and sensitivity are dictated by the e…
Characterizing a fiber-based frequency comb with electro-optic modulator
W. Zhang, M. Lours, M. Fischer +3
We report on the characterization of a commercial-core fiber-based frequency comb equipped with an intracavity electro-optic modulator (EOM). We investigate the relationship betwee…
Tailoring photon emission patterns in nanostructures
Shi-Fang Guo, Suqing Duan, Yan Xie +2
We investigate the photon emission in coupled quantum dots based on symmetry considerations. With the help of a new theorem we proved, we reveal the origin of the various emission…
Advanced noise reduction techniques for ultra-low phase noise optical-to-microwave division with femtosecond fiber combs
W. Zhang, Z. Xu, M. Lours +5
We report what we believe to be the lowest phase noise optical-to-microwave frequency division using fiber-based femtosecond optical frequency combs: a residual phase noise of -120…