Fundamentals and Applications of Optical Frequency Combs
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Communication and Network".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 2261
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ultrafast nonlinear optics; optical temporal solitons; photonic microcomb technique; applications of optical frequency combs
Interests: microcombs; microwave photonics; integrated photonics; microresonators; plasmonics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Optical frequency combs represent a revolutionary technology that allows for precise time and frequency measurement in optics, offering an unprecedented methodology for metrology, spectroscopy and frequency synthesis. In the last two decades, rapid development on both fundamentals and applications of optical frequency combs have been witnessed, and the topic ranges top hottest in the field of optics, lasers and photonics. This includes both conventional laser combs based on the mode-locked laser system, and the discovery of optical microcombs mainly based on ultra-high quality and nonlinear optical microcavities. Indeed, the latter has triggered the boom of photonic chip integrated combs in the past years, enabling miniature and chip-scale frequency metrology, and has opened up new horizons in the field of telecommunications, optical computing and LiDAR. Today, research of optical frequency combs remains highly active with emergent phenomena and new theories, as well as with new advances in related applications.
The Special Issue “Fundamentals and Applications of Optical Frequency Combs” is concerned with the groundbreaking advances, both in fundamental research and in applications, related to the topic of optical frequency combs. The areas of interest include (but are not limited to):
- New theory and emergent phenomena on mode-locked lasers and microcombs
- Self-referencing and frequency stabilization technique
- Key components and materials for optical frequency comb generation
- Optical frequency comb generation in ultra-violet, visible and mid-infrared
- Electro-optic modulation and frequency conversion
- Applications of optical frequency combs
- Coherent synthesized laser combs
Prof. Dr. Hairun Guo
Prof. Dr. Jijun He
Prof. Dr. Hualong Bao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- optical frequency combs
- microcombs
- integrated photonics
- frequency metrology
- optical spectroscopy
- frequency synthesis
- optical computing
- telecommunications
- LiDAR
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