Advances in resonator-based Kerr frequency combs with high conversion efficiencies

X Zhang, C Wang, Z Cheng, C Hu, X Ji, Y Su - npj Nanophotonics, 2024 - nature.com
Recent developments in resonator-based Kerr frequency combs promise excellent
applications in a wide range of fields such as biosensing, spectroscopy, optical …

Spatio-temporal breather dynamics in microcomb soliton crystals

F Hu, AK Vinod, W Wang, HH Chin… - Light: Science & …, 2024 - nature.com
Solitons, the distinct balance between nonlinearity and dispersion, provide a route toward
ultrafast electromagnetic pulse shaping, high-harmonic generation, real-time image …

Symmetrically dispersion-engineered microcombs

J Li, Y Zhang, Y Xie, S Lin, S Zeng, Z Wu… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Normal-dispersion microcombs have gained significant attention for their features, including
high conversion efficiency, deterministic generation, and thermal management-free …

Observation of interband Kelly sidebands in coupled-ring soliton microcombs

M Gao, Z Yuan, Y Yu, W Jin, QX Ji, J Ge, A Feshali… - Optica, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Kelly sidebands are a special type of dispersive wave that appear in mode-locked systems
and they have recently been observed by pulsed excitation in integrated microcombs. Here …

Dissipative Nonlinear Thouless Pumping of Temporal Solitons

X Cao, C Jia, Y Hu, Z Liang - arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.03450, 2024 - arxiv.org
The interplay between topology and soliton is a central topic in nonlinear topological
physics. So far, most studies have been confined to conservative settings. Here, we explore …

Diverse interlocked switching waves in cavity-enhanced second-harmonic generation

G Wu, C Hou, Y Wei, S Chen, T Lin, F Baronio, Z Ni - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
We investigate the intriguing dynamics and existence conditions of temporal two-color flat-
top solitons, termed interlocked switching waves (ISWs), in driven quadratic microresonators …

Excitation of pure quartic platicon in optical microresonators

M Liu, H Zhu, H Huang, Z Lu, Y Dang, S Mei, Y Cai… - Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
We analytically derive the formulas of the threshold pump intensity and the range of possible
detuning for the initiation of the pure quartic platicon (PQP) in the presence of multiphoton …

Walk-off-induced dissipative breathers and dissipative breather gas in microresonators

A Villois, DN Puzyrev, DV Skryabin, M Onorato - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
Dissipative solitons in optical microcavities have attracted significant attention in recent
years due to their direct association with the generation of optical frequency combs. Here …

Autonomous frequency locking for zero-offset microcomb

M Li, FY Yang, J Lu, GC Guo, CL Zou - arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.02868, 2024 - arxiv.org
The stabilization of optical frequency comb conventionally relies on active electronic
feedback loops and stable frequency references. Here, we propose a new approach for …

Influence of the initial parameters on soliton interaction in nonlinear optical systems

X Zhang, Y Wu - Chinese Physics B, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In nonlinear optical systems, optical solitons have the transmission properties of reducing
error rate, improving system security and stability, and have important research significance …