Spatial mode-interaction induced single soliton generation in microresonators

被引：86

作者：

Bao, Chengying ^{[1
]}

Xuan, Yi ^{[2
]}

Leaird, Daniel E. ^{[1
]}

Wabnitz, Stefan ^{[3
,4
]}

Qi, Minghao ^{[1
,2
]}

Weiner, Andrew M. ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Purdue Univ, Sch Elect & Comp Engn, 465 Northwestern Ave, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA

[2] Purdue Univ, Birck Nanotechnol Ctr, 1205 West State St, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA

[3] Univ Brescia, Dipartimento Ingn Informaz, Via Branze 38, I-25123 Brescia, Italy

[4] INO CNR, Via Branze 38, I-25123 Brescia, Italy

来源：

OPTICA | 2017年 / 4卷 / 09期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

CHERENKOV RADIATION; DISPERSIVE WAVES; COMB GENERATION;

D O I：

10.1364/OPTICA.4.001011

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Soliton mode-locking in microresonators enables chip-scale coherent optical frequency comb generation. However, it usually leads to multi-soliton combs with a structured spectrum. Instead, the smooth spectrum of a single soliton is favored for applications. Here, we introduce, experimentally and numerically, a passive mechanism for single temporal soliton formation arising from spatial mode-interaction in microresonators. Deterministic single soliton generation is observed for microresonators with strong mode-interaction in experiments and simulations. Further simulations demonstrate that the soliton number is reduced to one in order to lower the nonlinear loss into mode-interaction induced Cherenkov radiation (CR). Our results give important insights into soliton-CR interaction in cavities. (C) 2017 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：1011 / 1015

页数：5

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