Publication Date:
2011-04-30
Description:
The series of precisely spaced, sharp spectral lines that form an optical frequency comb is enabling unprecedented measurement capabilities and new applications in a wide range of topics that include precision spectroscopy, atomic clocks, ultracold gases, and molecular fingerprinting. A new optical frequency comb generation principle has emerged that uses parametric frequency conversion in high resonance quality factor (Q) microresonators. This approach provides access to high repetition rates in the range of 10 to 1000 gigahertz through compact, chip-scale integration, permitting an increased number of comb applications, such as in astronomy, microwave photonics, or telecommunications. We review this emerging area and discuss opportunities that it presents for novel technologies as well as for fundamental science.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kippenberg, T J -- Holzwarth, R -- Diddams, S A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2011 Apr 29;332(6029):555-9. doi: 10.1126/science.1193968.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland. tobias.kippenberg@epfl.ch〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21527707" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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