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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995234
