Workshop July 6 - 10, 2016, "Congressi Stefano Franscini" Monte Verità, TI, Switzerland

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Microresonator Frequency Combs and Applications

 

Optical frequency combs have revolutionized optical frequency metrology in the last decade and have led to the development of atomic clocks. In addition frequency combs have found applications in spectroscopy, LIDAR, astronomy and sensing. Over the last years a new class of optical frequency comb generators has emerged, which relies on parametric frequency conversion in optical micro resonators. This new technology has rapidly evolved and matured. Today, microresonators combs have been demonstrated in a wide variety of platforms including MgF2, silica chip-scale resonators, Diamond, AlN or SiN planar micro resonators. In addition, similar Physics has been recently discovered in QCL lasers. Using these platforms Kerr combs have been generated in the telecommunication window, the visible spectral range, as well as the mid IR. In addition several proof of concept demonstrations  including miniature atomic clocks, telecommunications, coherent data transmission, as well as optical arbitrary waveform generation. The physics of the Kerr frequency comb generation mechanism has been understood and regimes found in which temporal dissipative solitons can be generated, thereby uniting the time and frequency domain. This workshop brings together the international groups that work in this new domain at the intersection of frequency metrology and nanophotonics. It will unite groups from different fields to discuss the latest developments and future challenges of this technology in the scenic and impressive setting of Monte Verità.

Frequency Comb

Organizers:

Tobias J. Kippenberg, EPFL

Jérôme Faist, ETH Zürich (co-organizer)

Sponsors

Nano-teraDarpaQsitESA