Faculty News

Streamlined microcomb design provides control with the flip of a switch

By
Luke Auburn
Published
May 24, 2024
student bending over optical lab bench working
ONE-STOP SHOP: Electrical and computer engineering PhD student Zhengdong Gao adjusts a new “all in one” microcomb laser device created in the lab of professor Qiang Lin. (University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster)

Rochester researchers led by Qiang Lin, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and at the Institute of Optics, created a chip-scale microcomb laser with an innovative design that allows users to control the optical frequency comb simply by switching on a power source.