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 …

Silicon photonics enables wafer-scale integration of optical functionalities on chip. Silicon-
based laser frequency combs can provide integrated sources of mutually coherent laser …

Optical chaos is vital for various applications such as private communication, encryption, anti-
interference sensing, and reinforcement learning. Chaotic microcombs have emerged as …

Continuous-wave laser-driven, high-Q Kerr–nonlinear optical microresonators have enabled
the generation of optical frequency combs, ultralow-noise microwaves and ultrashort optical …

Dissipative Kerr cavity solitons are pulses of light that can persist in coherently driven
nonlinear optical resonators. They have attracted significant attention over the past decade …

Dissipative Kerr solitons in optical microresonators combine nonlinear optical physics with
photonic-integrated technologies. They are promising for a number of applications ranging …

We investigate, numerically and experimentally, the effect of thermo-optical (TO) chaos on
soliton generation dynamics in microresonators. Numerical simulations that include the …

Dissipative solitons are self-localised structures resulting from the double balance of
dispersion by nonlinearity and dissipation by a driving force arising in numerous systems. In …

The generation of temporal cavity solitons in microresonators results in coherent low-noise
optical frequency combs that are critical for applications in spectroscopy, astronomy …

Dissipative solitons are self-localized structures that can persist indefinitely in open systems
driven out of equilibrium. They play a key role in photonics, underpinning technologies from …