Title :
Soliton mode-locking in optical microresonators
Author :
Herr, T. ; Brasch, V. ; Jost, J.D. ; Wang, C.Y. ; Kondratiev, N.M. ; Gorodetsky, M.L. ; Kippenberg, T.J.
Author_Institution :
Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
We demonstrate soliton mode-locking in continuously pumped, non-linear optical MgF2 microresonators, resulting in low noise frequency comb spectra and ultra-short pulses of 200 fs duration with a repetition rate of 35.2 GHz.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; magnesium compounds; micro-optics; optical resonators; optical solitons; MgF2; low noise frequency comb spectra; nonlinear optical MgF2 microresonators; soliton mode-locking; time 200 fs; ultrashort pulse duration; Microcavities; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical solitons; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA