On-Chip Parametric Synchronization of a Dissipative Kerr Soliton Microcomb
Optics
2025-05-14 v2 Applied Physics
Abstract
Synchronization of oscillators is ubiquitous in nature. Often, the synchronized oscillators couple directly, yet in some cases synchronization can arise from their parametric interactions. Here, we theoretically predict and experimentally demonstrate the parametric synchronization of a dissipative Kerr soliton frequency comb. We specifically show that the parametric interaction between the soliton and two auxiliary lasers permits the entrainment of the frequency comb repetition rate. Besides representing the first prediction and demonstration of parametric synchronization of soliton frequency combs, our scheme offers significant flexibility for all-optical metrological-scale stabilization of the comb.
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@article{arxiv.2409.05388,
title = {On-Chip Parametric Synchronization of a Dissipative Kerr Soliton Microcomb},
author = {Gregory Moille and Pradyoth Shandilya and Miro Erkintalo and Curtis R. Menyuk and Kartik Srinivasan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.05388},
year = {2025}
}