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Kerr frequency comb with varying FSR spacing based on Si3N4 micro-resonator

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In this paper, we experimentally investigate a novel feedback loop scheme to generate optical frequency comb with varying free spectral range (FSR) spacing in a high-Q silicon nitride (Si3N4) micro-ring resonator. By selecting and amplifying different feedback sidebands, comb line spacing varying from 1-fold to 6-fold FSRs is successfully achieved. This approach could be beneficial to tune the comb repetition rate which is an important parameter for many applications, such as optical coherent communications, optical metrology and arbitrary waveform generation.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61335002, 11574102, 61675084, 61775094) and National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2015AA016904).

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  1. Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Yuedi Ding, Yu Gao, Cheng Zeng, Shanlin Zhu, Qingzhong Huang, Yi Wang, Ying Huang & Jinsong Xia

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Ding, Y., Gao, Y., Zeng, C. et al. Kerr frequency comb with varying FSR spacing based on Si3N4 micro-resonator. Sci. China Inf. Sci. 63, 212401 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-019-2662-x

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