Efficient microresonator frequency combs

QF Yang, Y Hu, V Torres-Company, K Vahala - ELight, 2024 - Springer
The rapid development of optical frequency combs from their table-top origins towards chip-
scale platforms has opened up exciting possibilities for comb functionalities outside …

Advances in resonator-based Kerr frequency combs with high conversion efficiencies

X Zhang, C Wang, Z Cheng, C Hu, X Ji, Y Su - npj Nanophotonics, 2024 - nature.com
Recent developments in resonator-based Kerr frequency combs promise excellent
applications in a wide range of fields such as biosensing, spectroscopy, optical …

Titanium: sapphire-on-insulator integrated lasers and amplifiers

J Yang, K Van Gasse, DM Lukin, MA Guidry, GH Ahn… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Titanium: sapphire (Ti: sapphire) lasers have been essential for advancing
fundamental research and technological applications, including the development of the …

Overcoming laser phase noise for low-cost coherent optical communication

X Fang, Y Zhu, X Cai, W Hu, Z He, S Yu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Artificial-intelligence-generated content has driven explosive data traffic growth in data-
center interconnects. Traditional direct detection solutions struggle with limited spectral …

[PDF][PDF] Flat soliton microcomb source

X Wang, X Qiu, M Liu, F Liu, M Li, L Xue… - Opto-Electronic …, 2023 - researching.cn
Mode-locked microcombs with flat spectral profiles provide the high signal-to-noise ratio and
are in high demand for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)-based applications …

Parallel wavelength-division-multiplexed signal transmission and dispersion compensation enabled by soliton microcombs and microrings

Y Liu, H Zhang, J Liu, L Lu, J Du, Y Li, Z He… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The proliferation of computation-intensive technologies has led to a significant rise in the
number of datacenters, posing challenges for high-speed and power-efficient datacenter …

Nonreciprocal dissipation engineering via strong coupling with a continuum of modes

Y Zhou, F Ruesink, S Gertler, H Cheng, M Pavlovich… - Physical Review X, 2024 - APS
Optical nonreciprocity plays a key role in almost every optical system, directing light flow and
protecting optical components from backscattered light. Controllable forms of on-chip …

Unified laser stabilization and isolation on a silicon chip

AD White, GH Ahn, R Luhtaru, J Guo, TJ Morin… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Rapid progress in photonics has led to an explosion of integrated devices that promise to
deliver the same performance as table-top technology at the nanoscale, heralding the next …

Octave-spanning Kerr soliton frequency combs in dispersion-and dissipation-engineered lithium niobate microresonators

Y Song, Y Hu, X Zhu, K Yang, M Lončar - Light: Science & Applications, 2024 - nature.com
Dissipative Kerr solitons from optical microresonators, commonly referred to as soliton
microcombs, have been developed for a broad range of applications, including precision …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in Soliton Crystal Microcombs

Z Liu, H Zhang, Y Song, X Zhu, CE Murray, Y Bai… - Photonics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Soliton crystal microcombs, as a new type of Kerr frequency comb, offer advantages such as
higher energy conversion efficiency and a simpler generation mechanism compared to …