[HTML][HTML] Micro-combs: A novel generation of optical sources

A Pasquazi, M Peccianti, L Razzari, DJ Moss, S Coen… - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Nonlinear photonics with high-Q whispering-gallery-mode resonators

G Lin, A Coillet, YK Chembo - Advances in Optics and Photonics, 2017 - opg.optica.org
High-and ultrahigh-Q whispering-gallery mode resonators have the capability to trap
photons by total internal reflection for a duration ranging from nanoseconds to milliseconds …

Turn-key, high-efficiency Kerr comb source

BY Kim, Y Okawachi, JK Jang, M Yu, X Ji, Y Zhao… - Optics letters, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate an approach for automated Kerr comb generation in the normal group-
velocity dispersion (GVD) regime. Using a coupled-ring geometry in silicon nitride, we …

Nanometric precision distance metrology via hybrid spectrally resolved and homodyne interferometry in a single soliton frequency microcomb

YS Jang, H Liu, J Yang, M Yu, DL Kwong, CW Wong - Physical review letters, 2021 - APS
Laser interferometry serves a fundamental role in science and technology, assisting
precision metrology and dimensional length measurement. During the past decade, laser …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic algorithm-enhanced microcomb state generation

C Mazoukh, L Di Lauro, I Alamgir, B Fischer… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Microcavities enable the generation of highly efficient microcombs, which find applications in
various domains, such as high-precision metrology, sensing, and telecommunications. Such …

Observations of spatiotemporal instabilities of temporal cavity solitons

M Anderson, F Leo, S Coen, M Erkintalo, SG Murdoch - Optica, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Temporal cavity solitons (CSs) are pulses of light that can persist in coherently driven
passive resonators, such as fiber ring resonators and monolithic microresonators. It has …

Experimental observation of coherent cavity soliton frequency combs in silica microspheres

KE Webb, M Erkintalo, S Coen, SG Murdoch - Optics Letters, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We report on the experimental observation of coherent cavity soliton frequency combs in
silica microspheres. Specifically, we demonstrate that careful alignment of the microsphere …

Dynamics of mode-coupling-induced microresonator frequency combs in normal dispersion

JK Jang, Y Okawachi, M Yu, K Luke, X Ji, M Lipson… - Optics …, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally and theoretically investigate the dynamics of microresonator-based
frequency comb generation assisted by mode coupling in the normal group-velocity …

Optical Cherenkov radiation in overmoded microresonators

AB Matsko, W Liang, AA Savchenkov, D Eliyahu… - Optics letters, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We show that an optical analog of Cherenkov radiation (dispersive wave) is observable in a
nonlinear microring resonator generating Kerr frequency comb and containing linearly …

Bottle microresonator broadband and low-repetition-rate frequency comb generator

V Dvoyrin, M Sumetsky - Optics letters, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We propose a new type of broadband and low repetition rate (RR) frequency comb
generator that has the shape of an elongated and nanoscale-shallow optical bottle …