Optical: systems and elements – Optical frequency converter – Parametric oscillator
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-19
2011-07-19
Petkovsek, Daniel (Department: 2874)
Optical: systems and elements
Optical frequency converter
Parametric oscillator
C372S032000, C359S245000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07982944
ABSTRACT:
An optical frequency comb generator includes a laser device arranged for generating input laser light having a predetermined input light frequency, a dielectric micro-resonator having a cavity exhibiting a third order nonlinearity, so that the micro-resonator is capable of optical parametric generation providing parametrically generated light, and a waveguide optically coupled to the micro-resonator, the waveguide being arranged for in-coupling the input laser light into the micro-resonator and out-coupling the parametrically generated light out of the micro-resonator, wherein the laser device, the waveguide and the micro-resonator being arranged for resonantly in-coupling the laser input light to a mode of the micro-resonator with a minimum power level so that an optical field inside the cavity exceeds a predetermined cascaded parametric oscillation threshold at which the parametrically generated light includes frequencies of frequency sidebands of the input light frequency and of the sidebands thereof.
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Del'Haye Pascal
Kippenberg Tobias
Schliesser Albert
Caesar Rivise Bernstein Cohen & Pokotilow Ltd.
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.v.
Petkovsek Daniel
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