Micro-combs: A novel generation of optical sources

A Pasquazi, M Peccianti, L Razzari, DJ Moss, S Coen… - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
The quest towards the integration of ultra-fast, high-precision optical clocks is reflected in the
large number of high-impact papers on the topic published in the last few years. This interest …

Dissipative Kerr solitons in optical microresonators

T Herr, ML Gorodetsky… - Nonlinear optical cavity …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter describes the discovery and stable generation of temporal dissipative Kerr
solitons in continuous‐wave (CW) laser‐driven optical microresonators. The experimental …

Battery-operated integrated frequency comb generator

B Stern, X Ji, Y Okawachi, AL Gaeta, M Lipson - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Optical frequency combs are broadband sources that offer mutually coherent, equidistant
spectral lines with unprecedented precision in frequency and timing for an array of …

Soliton bursts and deterministic dissipative Kerr soliton generation in auxiliary-assisted microcavities

H Zhou, Y Geng, W Cui, SW Huang, Q Zhou… - Light: Science & …, 2019 - nature.com
Dissipative Kerr solitons in resonant frequency combs offer a promising route for ultrafast
mode-locking, precision spectroscopy and time-frequency standards. The dynamics for the …

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 …

Ultrastable microwave and soliton-pulse generation from fibre-photonic-stabilized microcombs

D Kwon, D Jeong, I Jeon, H Lee, J Kim - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
The ability to generate lower-noise microwaves has greatly advanced high-speed, high-
precision scientific and engineering fields. Microcombs have high potential for generating …

Direct soliton generation in microresonators

C Bao, Y Xuan, JA Jaramillo-Villegas, DE Leaird, M Qi… - Optics letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We investigate, numerically and experimentally, the effect of thermo-optical (TO) chaos on
soliton generation dynamics in microresonators. Numerical simulations that include the …

Microresonator Kerr frequency combs with high conversion efficiency

X Xue, PH Wang, Y Xuan, M Qi… - Laser & Photonics …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Microresonator‐based Kerr frequency comb (microcomb) generation can potentially
revolutionize a variety of applications ranging from telecommunications to optical frequency …

Recent progress on optical rogue waves in fiber lasers: status, challenges, and perspectives

Y Song, Z Wang, C Wang, K Panajotov… - Advanced …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Rogue waves (RWs) are rare, extreme amplitude, localized wave packets, which have
received much interest recently in different areas of physics. Fiber lasers with their abundant …

Emerging material systems for integrated optical Kerr frequency combs

A Kovach, D Chen, J He, H Choi, AH Dogan… - Advances in Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
The experimental realization of a Kerr frequency comb represented the convergence of
research in materials, physics, and engineering. This symbiotic relationship continues to …