All-optical frequency division on-chip using a single laser

Y Zhao, JK Jang, GJ Beals, KJ McNulty, X Ji… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The generation of spectrally pure microwave signals is a critical functionality in fundamental
and applied sciences, including metrology and communications. Optical frequency combs …

Temporal solitons in microresonators driven by optical pulses

E Obrzud, S Lecomte, T Herr - Nature Photonics, 2017 - nature.com
Continuous-wave laser-driven, high-Q Kerr–nonlinear optical microresonators have enabled
the generation of optical frequency combs, ultralow-noise microwaves and ultrashort optical …

Coherent optical communications using coherence-cloned Kerr soliton microcombs

Y Geng, H Zhou, X Han, W Cui, Q Zhang, B Liu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Dissipative Kerr soliton microcombs have been recognized as a promising multi-wavelength
laser source for fiber optical communications, as their comb lines possess frequency and …

Dynamics of soliton self-injection locking in optical microresonators

AS Voloshin, NM Kondratiev, GV Lihachev, J Liu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Soliton microcombs constitute chip-scale optical frequency combs, and have the potential to
impact a myriad of applications from frequency synthesis and telecommunications to …

Ultralow-noise photonic microwave synthesis using a soliton microcomb-based transfer oscillator

E Lucas, P Brochard, R Bouchand, S Schilt… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The synthesis of ultralow-noise microwaves is of both scientific and technological relevance
for timing, metrology, communications and radio-astronomy. Today, the lowest reported …

Towards high-power, high-coherence, integrated photonic mmWave platform with microcavity solitons

B Wang, JS Morgan, K Sun, M Jahanbozorgi… - Light: Science & …, 2021 - nature.com
Millimetre-wave (mmWave) technology continues to draw great interest due to its broad
applications in wireless communications, radar, and spectroscopy. Compared to pure …

Efficiency of pulse pumped soliton microcombs

J Li, C Bao, QX Ji, H Wang, L Wu, S Leifer, C Beichman… - Optica, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Temporal soliton mode locking in coherently pumped microcavities is a promising route
towards miniaturized frequency comb systems. However, the power efficiency of the …

kHz-precision wavemeter based on reconfigurable microsoliton

R Niu, M Li, S Wan, YR Sun, SM Hu, CL Zou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The mode-locked microcomb offers a unique and compact solution for photonics
applications, ranging from the optical communications, the optical clock, optical ranging, the …

Gain-switched semiconductor laser driven soliton microcombs

W Weng, A Kaszubowska-Anandarajah, J He… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Dissipative Kerr soliton generation using self-injection-locked III-V lasers has enabled fully
integrated hybrid microcombs that operate in turnkey mode and can access microwave …

Optical linewidth of soliton microcombs

F Lei, Z Ye, ÓB Helgason, A Fülöp, M Girardi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Soliton microcombs provide a versatile platform for realizing fundamental studies and
technological applications. To be utilized as frequency rulers for precision metrology, soliton …