Advances in Sensoring and Measurement with Optical Frequency Comb

A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).

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School of Instrumentation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
Interests: laser interferometry; laser ranging; laser frequency stabilization; optical frequency comb generation; optical frequency comb stabilization; multi-DoF measurement
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Photonics Research Group, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdamseweg 137, 2628 AL Delft, The Netherlands
Interests: optics and photonics; nonlinear optics; optics and lasers; femtosecond lasers; optical sensing; nonlinear fiber optics; atomic physics; interferometry; frequency stability; optical frequency combs; metrology; experimental physics

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College of Precision Instruments and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Interests: long distance measurement; large scale metrology; optical measurement; photonics; laser technology
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Dear Colleagues,

Optical frequency comb (OFC) is composed of a series of equally spaced and phase-coherent frequency components. Its unique property in the frequency and time domain brings revolutionary development in the fields of precision spectroscopy, optical communication, frequency/waveform synthesis, precision metrology, etc. With the OFC generation technique developed from mode-locked Ti: Sapphire laser to fiber laser and further to microresonator laser, the OFC system has been significantly compacted from table-sized bulk electro-optic components to coin-sized integrated photonics chips, promising a wider application in sensoring and measurement. To further boost the impact of this exciting and rapidly evolving field, this Special Issue aims to bring together contributions from leading experts in the field, presenting recent advances in sensoring and measurement with optical frequency comb.

The areas of interest include (but are not limited to):

  • Special OFC source for sensoring and measurement;
  • Novel OFC frequency stabilization scheme for sensoring and measurement;
  • Optical frequency measurement and delivery with OFC;
  • Laser ranging for cooperative and non-cooperative objects with OFC;
  • Angle and angular acceleration measurement with OFC;
  • 3D topography and surface measurement with OFC;
  • Precision spectroscopy with OFC;
  • Biochemical sensoring with OFC.

Dr. Ruitao Yang
Prof. Dr. Steven van den Berg
Prof. Dr. Fumin Zhang
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Recent Advances, Applications, and Perspectives in Erbium-Doped Fiber Combs
by Pengpeng Yan, Weiming Xu, Heng Hu, Zhenqiang Zhang, Zhaoyang Li and Rong Shu
Photonics 2024, 11(3), 192; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11030192 - 21 Feb 2024
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Optical frequency combs have emerged as a new generation of metrological tools, driving advancements in various fields such as free-space two-way time–frequency transfer, low-noise microwave source generation, and gas molecule detection. Among them, fiber combs based on erbium-doped fiber mode-locked lasers have garnered [...] Read more.
Optical frequency combs have emerged as a new generation of metrological tools, driving advancements in various fields such as free-space two-way time–frequency transfer, low-noise microwave source generation, and gas molecule detection. Among them, fiber combs based on erbium-doped fiber mode-locked lasers have garnered significant attention due to their numerous advantages, including low noise, high system integration, and cost-effectiveness. In this review, we discuss recent developments in erbium-doped fiber combs and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of constructing fiber combs utilizing different erbium-doped mode-locked fiber lasers. First, we provide a brief introduction to the basic principles of optical frequency combs. Then, we explore erbium-doped fiber combs implemented utilizing various mode-locking techniques, such as nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR), real saturable absorber (SA), and nonlinear amplifying loop mirror (NALM). Finally, we present an outlook on the future perspectives of erbium-doped fiber combs. Full article
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