Self-regulating soliton switching waves in microresonators
Heming Wang, Boqiang Shen, Yan Yu, Zhiquan Yuan, Chengying Bao, Warren Jin, Lin Chang, Mark A. Leal, Avi Feshali, Mario Paniccia, John E. Bowers, Kerry J. Vahala
Abstract
The authors study theoretically and experimentally how Kerr frequency combs can be controlled using self-injection locking. The authors show how self-stabilized switching waves supported by microresonators with normal dispersion and feedback can be used to generate frequency combs more efficiently by tuning the pulse duty cycle into regimes that are difficult to access using other methods.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsSolitonDissipative systemDuty cycleDissipative solitonDispersion (optics)Pulse (music)Frequency combSelf-phase modulationOpticsNonlinear systemNonlinear opticsLaserQuantum mechanicsPower (physics)DetectorAdvanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesPhotonic and Optical DevicesMechanical and Optical Resonators