Kerr combs bring purity to millimetre waves

Yann Le Coq (1)

1 SYRTE - Systèmes de Référence Temps Espace

A chip-based optical frequency comb has enabled the realization of a 300 GHz signal with record low phase noise. The development could yield ultra-compact, ultra-low-noise sources for millimetre-wave applications in telecommunications, remote sensing and precision spectroscopy.

Domaines: Planète et Univers [physics]

Yann Le Coq. Kerr combs bring purity to millimetre waves. Nature Photonics, 2021, 15, pp.487-488. ⟨10.1038/s41566-021-00838-3⟩. ⟨insu-03713045⟩