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GoPhotonics has highlighted a portfolio of advanced Optical Frequency Combs designed for applications ranging from high-resolution spectroscopy and quantum computing to optical clocks, telecommunications, sensing, and microwave generation. The featured solutions from Pilot Photonics, TOPTICA Photonics, Vescent, Avesta, and Menlo Systems address a broad range of wavelength requirements, performance specifications, and research needs.

Lyra-OCS-1000 by Pilot Photonics for Optical Communications & Signal Generation

The Lyra-OCS-1000 from Pilot Photonics is an optical frequency comb module operating at a center wavelength of 1550 nm with 4 to 15 comb lines and a comb bandwidth of 200 GHz (at -40 dB). It features a spectral flatness of 3 dB, free spectral range of 10 GHz, and a tuning range of ±1 nm. The module delivers an average output power of 3 mW and has an optical linewidth of 80 kHz.

The OFC offers a carrier-to-noise ratio of 40 dB and relative intensity noise of -130 dBc/Hz. It includes an RF drive module, supports FC/APC PM fiber-coupled output with an SMA female RF input connector, and has a maximum turn-on time of 7 seconds with a 15-minute system warm-up period. Designed for demanding photonics applications, it is suitable for terabit superchannel transmitters, flexgrid wavelength division multiplexing, generation of millimetre-wave and THz signals, 5G signal generation, UWB over fiber HD-video distribution, optical signal processing, precision optical measurements, spectroscopy, and sensor interrogation.

DFC CORE + by TOPTICA Photonics for Precision Metrology & Quantum Applications

The DFC CORE + from TOPTICA Photonics is an optical frequency comb operating at a center wavelength of 1560 nm and extendable from 420 nm to 2000 nm. It delivers output power above 10 mW with a bandwidth exceeding 20 nm and offers comb spacing options of 200 MHz or 80 MHz. The system achieves a linewidth below 1 Hz, accuracy up to 1 x 10^-18, and stability reaching 5 x 10^-20 over 1000 seconds.

Based on patented CERO technology, the turnkey system provides full remote control and supports 4 or 8 fiber-coupled polarization-maintaining FC/APC laser outputs. With integrated phase noise below 40 mrad and loop bandwidth lock up to 450 kHz, the DFC CORE + is ideal for optical clocks, laser referencing, high-resolution and dual-comb spectroscopy, interferometry, quantum computing, microwave generation, Rydberg excitation, CEP-stable seeders, and transportable AMO systems.

RUBRIComb by Vescent for Atomic Clocks & Dual-Comb Spectroscopy

The RUBRIComb from Vescent is an optical frequency comb operating at a center wavelength of 1560 nm with repetition rates of 100 MHz and 200 MHz. Featuring a passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber oscillator, the OFC offers output power above 0.01 mW for the oscillator and 4 mW for the amplifier. It provides optical bandwidths up to 70 nm in amplifier configurations and supports carrier-envelope offset frequency tuning up to 200 MHz.

The turnkey system delivers signal-to-noise ratios above 35 dB and 40 dB with integrated phase noise of 200 mrad and 400 mrad. Available in a compact 2U 19-inch rack mount package, the RUBRIComb is designed for atomic clocks, time transfer, quantum computing, and dual-comb spectroscopy applications.

EFO-COMB by Avesta for Optical Clocks, LiDAR & Scientific Research

The EFO-COMB from Avesta is an optical frequency comb synthesizer operating at a fixed center wavelength of 1560 ±10 nm with a comb spacing of 100 MHz and a tuning range of 0.7 MHz. The system delivers output power above 5 mW from each output and offers optional power levels exceeding 250 mW at 1560 nm, 200 mW from 1000 nm to 2200 nm, and 80 mW from 520 nm to 1000 nm.

The turn-key device integrates an Er-doped mode-locked fiber laser, a built-in supercontinuum generator, and an f-2f interferometer for offset frequency stabilization. With spectral coverage spanning 520 nm to 2200 nm, the EFO-COMB supports applications including atom laser cooling, ultraprecise length measurements, optical clocks, LiDAR, astronomy, ultra-stable microwave generation, infrared spectroscopy, and optical transmission of reference frequency signals and timestamps.

MID-IR COMB 5 to 14 um by Menlo Systems for Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy & Gas Detection

The MID-IR COMB 5 to 14 um from Menlo Systems operates across a wavelength range of 5 µm to 14 µm and delivers an average output power above 0.5 mW with a repetition rate of 100 MHz. Utilizing proprietary mode-locking technology and difference frequency generation (DFG), the system produces stable mid-infrared comb output for advanced sensing and spectroscopy applications.

Designed for scientific and analytical environments, the optical frequency comb is ideal for Fourier-transform spectroscopy, chemical and biomolecular sensing, molecular analysis, and atmospheric gas detection.

These optical frequency comb solutions demonstrate the growing importance of precision photonics technologies across spectroscopy, telecommunications, sensing, quantum science, and advanced metrology applications.

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