Optical Frequency Comb Generation in Monolithic Microresonators

Del'Haye, Pascal (2011): Optical Frequency Comb Generation in Monolithic Microresonators. Dissertation, LMU München: Fakultät für Physik

Abstract

This thesis presents an entirely novel approach for frequency comb generation based on nonlinear frequency conversion in micrometer sized optical resonators. Here, the comb generation process can be directly described in frequency domain as energy conserving interactions between four photons (four-photon mixing). This process is a result of extremely high light intensities that build up in microresonators with long photon storage times. The thesis is composed of four main parts that answer fundamental questions in the context of microresonator-based frequency comb generation as well as providing insights in the control and possible applications of this type of comb generators.

• Dokumententyp: Dissertationen (Dissertation, LMU München)
• Keywords: optical frequency comb, microresonators, four-wave mixing, photonics, metrology
• Themengebiete: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik ; 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik
• Fakultäten: Fakultät für Physik
• Sprache der Hochschulschrift: Englisch
• Datum der mündlichen Prüfung: 1. April 2011
• 1. Bericht­erstatter:in: Hänsch, Theodor W.