Spontaneous Phase Locking in Dual-Pumped Raman Frequency Comb Generation

E. D. Mondloch (1) , M. G. Raymer (1) , Fetah A. Benabid (2, 3)

1 University of Oregon [Eugene]
2 XLIM-PHOTONIQUE - PHOTONIQUE
3 University of Bath [Bath]

We present theoretical evidence for phase locking in the sidebands of a Raman frequency comb created spontaneously by two laser pump pulses. The mechanism for the phase locking is argued to be spontaneous three-phonon scattering.

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]; Optique / photonique

E. D. Mondloch, M. G. Raymer, Fetah A. Benabid. Spontaneous Phase Locking in Dual-Pumped Raman Frequency Comb Generation. Frontiers in Optics : FiO 2012, Optical Society of America, Oct 2012, New York, United States. pp.FM4I.3., ⟨10.1364/FIO.2012.FM4I.3⟩. ⟨hal-00924908⟩