[Physstaff] Reminder: Colloquium 3pm Wed 2/11/2016 "Frequency Comb Generation and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Microresonators" Pascal Del'Haye (NPL)

[Daniel Oi]

A reminder of today's colloquium.

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From: Daniel Oi
Sent: 28 October 2016 13:33
To: physstaff at phys.strath.ac.uk
Cc: Sonja Franke-Arnold <Sonja.Franke-Arnold at glasgow.ac.uk> (Sonja.Franke-Arnold at glasgow.ac.uk)
Subject: Colloquium: Wed 2/11/2016 "Frequency Comb Generation and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Microresonators" Pascal Del'Haye (NPL)


Next week’s colloquium will be by Pascal Del'Haye from the National Physical Laboratory. As usual, there will be tea/coffee afterwards in the common room.

Title: Frequency Comb Generation and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Microresonators

Speaker: Pascal Del'Haye (NPL)

Venue: John Anderson JA3.14

Time/Date: 3pm Wed 2nd November 2016



Abstract:

Microresonator-based frequency combs ("microcombs") have attracted a lot of attention for their potential applications in precision metrology, gas sensing, arbitrary optical waveform generation, telecommunication and integrated photonic circuits. Microcombs are generated in ultra-high-Q optical resonators that enable the confinement of extremely high optical power levels in tiny mode-volumes. The high optical power densities lead to the conversion of a continuous wave laser into a comb of equidistant optical modes that can be used like a ruler for optical frequency measurements. This talk presents new results in the field of microresonator-based frequency combs, which are a promising candidate to realize out-of-the-lab applications for this technology.
The second part of the talk presents new results on optically induced symmetry breaking between counter-propagating light in microresonators. This effect shows that microresonators can act as nonreciprocal devices that transmit light in one direction but not in the other. The symmetry breaking can be used for optical diodes, circulators and for the development of integrated optical gyroscopes.