Mid-Infrared Soliton and Raman Frequency Comb Generation in Silicon Microrings
Optics
2015-06-22 v1 Pattern Formation and Solitons
Abstract
We numerically study the mechanisms of frequency comb generation in the mid-infrared spectral region from cw pumped silicon microring resonators. Coherent soliton comb generation may be obtained even for a pump with zero linear cavity detuning, through suitable control of the effective lifetime of free-carriers from multiphoton absorption, which introduces a nonlinear cavity detuning via free-carrier dispersion. Conditions for optimal octave spanning Raman comb generation are also described.
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@article{arxiv.1409.3047,
title = {Mid-Infrared Soliton and Raman Frequency Comb Generation in Silicon Microrings},
author = {Tobias Hansson and Daniele Modotto and Stefan Wabnitz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.3047},
year = {2015}
}