Theory of modulation instability in Kerr Fabry-Perot resonators beyond the mean-field limit

Z Ziani, T Bunel, AM Perego, A Mussot, M Conforti - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
We analyze the nonlinear dynamics of Fabry-Perot cavities of arbitrary finesse filled by a
dispersive Kerr medium, pumped by a continuous-wave laser or a synchronous train of flat …

Broadband Kerr frequency comb in fiber Fabry-Perot resonators induced by switching waves

T Bunel, M Conforti, J Lumeau, A Moreau, A Mussot - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
We report the generation of broadband frequency combs in fiber Fabry-Perot resonators in
the normal dispersion regime enabled by the excitation of switching waves. We theoretically …

Dark solitons in Fabry-Pérot resonators with Kerr media and normal dispersion

GN Campbell, L Hill, P Del'Haye, GL Oppo - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
The ranges of existence and stability of dark cavity-soliton stationary states in a Fabry-Pérot
resonator with a Kerr nonlinear medium and normal dispersion are determined. The Fabry …

[HTML][HTML] 28 THz soliton frequency comb in a continuous-wave pumped fiber Fabry–Pérot resonator

T Bunel, M Conforti, Z Ziani, J Lumeau, A Moreau… - APL Photonics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We report the generation of an optical frequency comb featuring a 28 THz bandwidth,
sustained by a single 80 fs cavity soliton recirculating in a fiber Fabry–Pérot resonator. This …

Impact of self-steepening and intra-pulse Raman scattering on modulation instability in multiple quantum wells

R Mukherjee, N Borgohain - The European Physical Journal Plus, 2023 - Springer
This paper presents the impact of self-steepening (SS) and intra-pulse Raman scattering
(IRS) on stabilization of modulation instability of a continuous wave probe field in …

Optimization of a fiber Fabry–Perot resonator for low-threshold modulation instability Kerr frequency combs

G Bourcier, SM Ousaid, S Balac, J Lumeau… - Optics Letters, 2024 - opg.optica.org
We report a theoretical and experimental investigation of fiber Fabry–Perot cavities aimed at
enhancing Kerr frequency comb generation. The modulation instability (MI) power threshold …

Impact of pump pulse duration on modulation instability Kerr frequency combs in fiber Fabry–Pérot resonators

T Bunel, Z Ziani, M Conforti, J Lumeau, A Moreau… - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We report an experimental investigation on the impact of the pump pulse duration on the
modulation instability process in fiber Fabry–Pérot resonators. We demonstrate that cross …

Optical frequency combs in fibre resonators

AM Perego, M Conforti, A Mussot… - Optical Frequency …, 2024 - taylorfrancis.com
Optical fibre resonators have been pioneering devices for studying signature effects of
nonlinear optical cavities including: optical bistability, modulation instability (MI) and …

Fibre-based optical frequency combs

CD Kirsch, I Kudelin, M Chernysheva - Optical Frequency Combs, 2024 - taylorfrancis.com
The groundbreaking prediction of loss reduction in silica fibres in 1966 [1] and the invention
of semiconductor lasers in 1970 [2], both honoured with Nobel Prizes for CK Kao and Z …

Gain through filtering in fiber cavity resonators

S Negrini - 2023 - theses.hal.science
In this work, we study the phenomenon of modulation instability (IM) induced by asymmetric
spectral losses in the form of a fibre Bragg grating (FBG). The phenomenon is known as …