The invention provides an
optical frequency comb control method and
system based on a step and bistable effect, and relates to the technical field of integrated
photonics, and the method comprises the steps: generating a step and bistable region through adjusting the structure parameters and / or material types of a cavity optical mechanical-thermal
system;
laser detuning amount scanning is carried out in a stepped and bistable region, and the comb tooth state of the
optical frequency comb is controlled by changing the scanning direction to adjust the
laser detuning amount of the cavity resonant frequency in the cavity optical mechanical-thermal
system. According to the invention, through
cooperative work of steps and bistable states, two operations of rapid hopping and low
power consumption locking can be completed in the same device, a complete control
closed loop of rapid write-nonvolatile maintenance is formed, system
delay and
energy consumption are significantly reduced, and the control efficiency of the
optical frequency comb is improved to a great extent.