Many current wireless communication, imaging and sensing technologies rely on components that convert oscillating electric and magnetic fields (i.e., electromagnetic waves) into electrical signals.

Optical frequency combs—laser sources that emit evenly spaced colors of light—are foundational, ubiquitous tools for ...

Accurately measuring frequencies of light is required for timekeeping and many science experiments and technologies. Frequency combs, invented in 2000, are used to complete these measurements. However ...

Scientists at Boulder’s National Institute of Standards and Technology have made improvements to frequency combs that could improve measures of distance, precision timing and atmospheric sensing, ...

Dual-comb spectroscopy is an innovative optical technique that exploits pairs of laser frequency combs—light sources whose spectra consist of equidistant narrow lines—to facilitate high-resolution, ...

An improvement to a Nobel Prize-winning technology called a frequency comb enables it to measure light pulse arrival times with greater sensitivity than was previously possible -- potentially ...

For high-speed and large-capacity optical communication applications and improvement of accuracy in microwave generation and evaluation equipment TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NTT Corporation (NTT) and ...

Optical frequency comb technology and its capability to directly measure and convert optical frequencies has revolutionized the field of high-precision metrology. While it is enabling novel ...

On-chip laser frequency combs — lasers that emit multiple frequencies or colors of light simultaneously separated like the tooth on a comb — are a promising technology for a range of applications ...

How do you convert Nobel Prize winning research into a robust product suitable for everyday use in a range of applications? Nadya Anscombe asks the optical frequency comb experts at Menlo Systems in ...

Menhir Photonics designed an improved version of the MENHIR-1550 with advanced features and noise performances for the demanding field of optical frequency-combs. With its GHz comb spacing, each comb ...