Optical Frequency Combs

<p>“Optical Frequency Combs: Trends in Sources and Applications” offers an overview of the recent advances on the physics sources and applications of optical frequency comb technology – one of the most exciting and fast developing research fields in photonics.</p><p>The book aims at showcasing recent advances through contributions by key players in a multifaceted research ecosystem and at the same time at providing a valuable service to the community by offering an as much comprehensive as possible review which at the same time highlights challenges to be solved and promising future directions.</p><p>The main topics covered include: (i) an overview of different platforms for optical frequency combs generation as fibre lasers quantum cascade lasers integrated microresonators and waveguides fibre resonators electro-optic modulators and nonlinear fibres multicore fibres; (ii) a selection of applications in different technologies including sensing spectroscopy precision metrology and optical clocks microscopy radio-frequency generation distance ranging and optical communications; (iii) a diverse range of physical methods for frequency comb generation such as modulation laser mode-locking techniques dissipative solitons and parametric gain in nonlinear resonators nonlinear spectral broadening and supercontinuum formation in waveguides.</p><p>This book will be a valuable resource for academics researchers and postgraduate students working and interested in the field of optical frequency combs and more broadly in photonic technologies too.</p><p><b>Key Features:</b></p><p>· Edited by authorities in the field with chapter contributions from subject area leading experts in academia and industry.</p><p>· Up-to-date with the latest technological developments applications and fundamental research from the field.</p><p>· Describes comb properties depending on source and generation platform and comb specifications matching to application needs.</p>