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 …

Nonlinear photonics with high-Q whispering-gallery-mode resonators

G Lin, A Coillet, YK Chembo - Advances in Optics and Photonics, 2017 - opg.optica.org
High-and ultrahigh-Q whispering-gallery mode resonators have the capability to trap
photons by total internal reflection for a duration ranging from nanoseconds to milliseconds …

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 …

Stability analysis of the spatiotemporal Lugiato-Lefever model for Kerr optical frequency combs in the anomalous and normal dispersion regimes

C Godey, IV Balakireva, A Coillet, YK Chembo - Physical Review A, 2014 - APS
We propose a detailed stability analysis of the Lugiato-Lefever model for Kerr optical
frequency combs in whispering-gallery-mode resonators when they are pumped in either …

Type-II micro-comb generation in a filter-driven four wave mixing laser

H Bao, A Cooper, ST Chu, DJ Moss… - Photonics …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally demonstrate the generation of highly coherent Type-II micro-combs
based on a micro-resonator nested in a fiber cavity loop, known as the filter-driven four wave …

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 …

Kerr optical frequency combs: theory, applications and perspectives

YK Chembo - Nanophotonics, 2016 - degruyter.com
The optical frequency comb technology is one of the most important breakthrough in
photonics in recent years. This concept has revolutionized the science of ultra-stable …

Optimally coherent Kerr combs generated with crystalline whispering gallery mode resonators for ultrahigh capacity fiber communications

J Pfeifle, A Coillet, R Henriet, K Saleh, P Schindler… - Physical Review Letters, 2015 - APS
Optical Kerr frequency combs are known to be effective coherent multiwavelength sources
for ultrahigh capacity fiber communications. These combs are the frequency-domain …

Scalable parallel ultrafast optical random bit generation based on a single chaotic microcomb

P Li, Q Li, W Tang, W Wang, W Zhang… - Light: Science & …, 2024 - nature.com
Random bit generators are critical for information security, cryptography, stochastic
modeling, and simulations. Speed and scalability are key challenges faced by current …

Quantum dynamics of Kerr optical frequency combs below and above threshold: Spontaneous four-wave mixing, entanglement, and squeezed states of light

YK Chembo - Physical Review A, 2016 - APS
The dynamical behavior of Kerr optical frequency combs is very well understood today from
the perspective of the semiclassical approximation. These combs are obtained by pum** …