[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Near-zero-dispersion soliton and broadband modulational instability Kerr microcombs in anomalous dispersion

Z Xiao, T Li, M Cai, H Zhang, Y Huang, C Li… - Light: Science & …, 2023 - nature.com
The developing advances of microresonator-based Kerr cavity solitons have enabled
versatile applications ranging from communication, signal processing to high-precision …

Rogue waves in nonlinear optics

M Tlidi, M Taki - Advances in Optics and Photonics, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Understanding the phenomenon of rogue wave formation, often called extreme waves, in
diverse branches of nonlinear science has become one of the most attractive domains …

Engineered zero-dispersion microcombs using CMOS-ready photonics

QX Ji, W Jin, L Wu, Y Yu, Z Yuan, W Zhang, M Gao, B Li… - Optica, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Normal group velocity dispersion (GVD) microcombs offer high comb line power and high
pumping efficiency compared to bright pulse microcombs. The recent demonstration of …

Nonlinear conversion efficiency in Kerr frequency comb generation

C Bao, L Zhang, A Matsko, Y Yan, Z Zhao, G Xie… - Optics letters, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We analytically and numerically investigate the nonlinear conversion efficiency in ring
microresonator-based mode-locked frequency combs under different dispersion conditions …

Conversion efficiency of soliton Kerr combs

JK Jang, Y Okawachi, Y Zhao, X Ji, C Joshi, M Lipson… - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We investigate the conversion efficiency (CE) of soliton modelocked Kerr frequency combs.
Our analysis reveals three distinct scaling regimes of CE with the cavity free spectral range …

Robust three-dimensional high-order solitons and breathers in driven dissipative systems: a Kerr cavity realization

Y Sun, P Parra-Rivas, C Milián, YV Kartashov… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We present a general approach to excite robust dissipative three-dimensional and high-
order solitons and breathers in passively driven nonlinear cavities. Our findings are …

Dissipative Kerr solitons, breathers, and chimera states in coherently driven passive cavities with parabolic potential

Y Sun, P Parra-Rivas, M Ferraro, F Mangini, M Zitelli… - Optics Letters, 2022 - opg.optica.org
We analyze the stability and dynamics of dissipative Kerr solitons (DKSs) in the presence of
a parabolic potential. This potential stabilizes oscillatory and chaotic regimes, favoring the …

Observation of dispersive wave emission by temporal cavity solitons

JK Jang, M Erkintalo, SG Murdoch, S Coen - Optics Letters, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We examine a coherently-driven, dispersion-managed, passive Kerr fiber ring resonator and
report, to the best of our knowledge, the first direct experimental observation of dispersive …