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Characterizing pump line phase offset of a single-soliton Kerr comb by dual comb interferometry

Optics 2019-03-13 v1

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate phase retrieval of a single-soliton Kerr comb using electric field cross-correlation implemented via dual-comb interferometry. The phase profile of the Kerr comb is acquired through the heterodyne beat between the Kerr comb and a reference electro-optical comb with a pre-characterized phase profile. The soliton Kerr comb has a nearly flat phase profile, and the pump line is observed to show a phase offset which depends on the pumping parameters. The experimental results are in agreement with numerical simulations. Our all-linear approach enables rapid measurements (3.2 μ\mus) with low input power (20 μ\muW).

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@article{arxiv.1810.08721,
  title  = {Characterizing pump line phase offset of a single-soliton Kerr comb by dual comb interferometry},
  author = {Ziyun Kong and Chengying Bao and Oscar E. Sandoval and Bohao Liu and Cong Wang and Jose A. Jaramillo-Villegas and Minghao Qi and Andrew M. Weiner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.08721},
  year   = {2019}
}