Observation of modulation instability Kerr frequency combs in a fiber Fabry–Pérot resonator
Thomas Bunel, Matteo Conforti, Zoheir Ziani, Julien Lumeau, Antonin Moreau, Arnaud Fernandez, Olivier Llopis, Julien Roul, Auro M. Perego, Kenneth K. Y. Wong, Arnaud Mussot
Abstract
We report the experimental observation of a modulation instability induced Kerr frequency comb in an all fiber Fabry-Pérot resonator. We fully characterized, in intensity and phase, the frequency comb using a commercial 10 MHz resolution heterodyne detection system to reveal more than 125 comb teeth within each of the modulation instability sidelobes. Moreover, we were able to reveal the fine temporal structure in phase and intensity of the output Turing patterns. The experimental results are generally in good agreement with numerical simulations.
Topics & Concepts
OpticsFabry–Pérot interferometerInstabilityResonatorModulation (music)PhysicsPhase modulationFrequency combIntensity modulationHeterodyne (poetry)Frequency modulationKerr effectFiberFiber laserOptical fiberMaterials sciencePhase noiseLaserTelecommunicationsNonlinear systemAcousticsBandwidth (computing)Composite materialQuantum mechanicsMechanicsComputer scienceAdvanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesAdvanced Fiber Optic SensorsPhotonic Crystal and Fiber Optics