• DocumentCode
    1779119
  • Title

    Broadband mode-locked Kerr combs based on soft excitation of microresonator dark solitons

  • Author

    Xiaoxiao Xue ; Yi Xuan ; Yang Liu ; Pei-Hsun Wang ; Chen, Steven ; Jian Wang ; Leaird, Dan E. ; Minghao Qi ; Weiner, Andrew M.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    12-16 Oct. 2014
  • Firstpage
    106
  • Lastpage
    107
  • Abstract
    Mode-interaction-aided soft excitation of dark solitons in normal dispersion nonlinear microresonators is proved both experimentally and in simulation for the first time, resulting in dark pulse mode-locked broadband Kerr combs.
  • Keywords
    micro-optics; optical Kerr effect; optical frequency combs; optical pumping; optical resonators; optical solitons; broadband mode-locked Kerr combs; dark pulse mode-locked broadband Kerr combs; microresonator dark solitons; mode-interaction-aided soft dark soliton excitation; normal dispersion nonlinear microresonators; soft excitation; Broadband communication; Dispersion; Microcavities; Noise; Optical pumping; Solitons; Time-domain analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995234
  • Filename
    6995234