A high-conversion-efficiency integrated
frequency comb device (100; 200; 310a – 310c) comprises at least one micro-
resonator (120; 220) configured to receive pump
laser light from at least one pump
laser source, convert at least partially the received pump
laser light for generating a
laser frequency comb, and output
frequency comb light based on the produced
laser frequency comb. The micro-
resonator (120; 220) comprises at least one closed-circuit
waveguide (122; 222) integrated in a semi-conductor
topography of the micro-
resonator (120; 220). The closed-circuit
waveguide (122; 222) comprises at least one structure for producing
periodic perturbation (124; 224) configured to produce mode hybridization via
coupling of forwards and backwards travelling
modes in the closed-circuit
waveguide (122; 222) by means of rapid, in particular sub-
wavelength, modulation of a
propagation constant of light propagating in the closed-circuit waveguide (122; 222). The structure for producing
periodic perturbation (124; 224) has been designed with respect to at least one of an intended width, in terms of comb lines, of the
frequency comb and / or an intended intensity distribution within a target width, in terms of comb lines, of the frequency comb, based at least partially on the stipulation that a dispersion-loss operator to achieve an ideally flat microcomb according to an exact solution of a generalized Lugiato-Lefever Equation exists in the form [iD+K], and, as a function of
resonator mode index μ, the dispersion-loss operator takes the following generic form: wherein a, b, c, d 3 ... d ∞ , h, p, q, r, s, u 3 , u ∞ are constants, and μ ≤ N / 2 for N being the number of intended comb lines apart from a potential comb line corresponding to the pump
laser light.