Rubidium referenced Kerr comb with cavity phase matching
Abstract
Phase matching is a fundamental problem in nonlinear optics that is normally constrained by material dispersion. The limited operation wavelengths within phase matching window limits the application, including the precise metrology using Kerr combs. Demanding applications like compact optical clock and astronomical spectroscopy requires atomic reference around 800 nm, where the natural phase matching is challenging. Here we revisit the concept of cavity phase matching (CPM), and fully reveal its advantage to engineer artificial phase matching beyond material dispersion. With the access of CPM condition in a monolithic high-Q fiber Fabry-Pérot resonator featuring a macroscopic cavity length, we achieve low noise Kerr comb generation around 800 nm, within the power budget of a single-mode laser diode. Inside a pump-integrated package of 19 cm3, low phase noise of -125 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz offset frequency is achieved for a 10.1 GHz repetition rate. Most importantly, the generated Kerr comb has been directly referenced to rubidium atomic transition for long-term stable operation. This result not only opens a new way for Kerr comb generation at arbitrary wavelengths, but also can be generalized to any other nonlinear optical frequency conversion application.
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BibTeX
@misc{yi2026rubidium,
title = {{Rubidium referenced Kerr comb with cavity phase matching}},
author = {Xinwei Yi and Kunpeng Jia and Jingru Ji and Zhong Yan and Biaobing Jin and Zhenlin Wang and Wei Liang and Shi-Ning Zhu and Zhenda Xie},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.22692},
eprint = {2609.22692},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.22692},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Rubidium referenced Kerr comb with cavity phase matching
AU - Xinwei Yi
AU - Kunpeng Jia
AU - Jingru Ji
AU - Zhong Yan
AU - Biaobing Jin
AU - Zhenlin Wang
AU - Wei Liang
AU - Shi-Ning Zhu
AU - Zhenda Xie
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/19
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.22692
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.22692
AB - Phase matching is a fundamental problem in nonlinear optics that is normally constrained by material dispersion. The limited operation wavelengths within phase matching window limits the application, including the precise metrology using Kerr combs. Demanding applications like compact optical clock and astronomical spectroscopy requires atomic reference around 800 nm, where the natural phase matching is challenging. Here we revisit the concept of cavity phase matching (CPM), and fully reveal its advantage to engineer artificial phase matching beyond material dispersion. With the access of CPM condition in a monolithic high-Q fiber Fabry-Pérot resonator featuring a macroscopic cavity length, we achieve low noise Kerr comb generation around 800 nm, within the power budget of a single-mode laser diode. Inside a pump-integrated package of 19 cm3, low phase noise of -125 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz offset frequency is achieved for a 10.1 GHz repetition rate. Most importantly, the generated Kerr comb has been directly referenced to rubidium atomic transition for long-term stable operation. This result not only opens a new way for Kerr comb generation at arbitrary wavelengths, but also can be generalized to any other nonlinear optical frequency conversion application.
ER -