Microwave generation on an optical carrier in micro-resonator chains
Optics
2018-07-31 v2
Abstract
We consider self-pulsing regimes in chains of Kerr nonlinear optical microresonators. By means of a supermodal diagonalization procedure of the conventional coupled-mode theory in time, we theoretically and numerically study the bifurcation diagrams of a singly pumped three-cavity and a doubly pumped four-cavity system: the latter allows us to predict thresholdless frequency tripling of a GHz modulation. These self-pulsing regimes are proven robust and will find applications in the generation and conversion of microwaves on an optical carrier.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1805.06382,
title = {Microwave generation on an optical carrier in micro-resonator chains},
author = {Andrea Armaroli and Patrice Féron and Yannick Dumeige},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.06382},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
12 pages, 13 figures