Thermally Controlled Comb Generation and Soliton Modelocking in Microresonators
Optics
2016-05-26 v2
Abstract
We report the first demonstration of thermally controlled soliton modelocked frequency comb generation in microresonators. By controlling the electric current through heaters integrated with silicon nitride microresonators, we demonstrate a systematic and repeatable pathway to single- and multi-soliton modelocked states without adjusting the pump laser wavelength. Such an approach could greatly simplify the generation of modelocked frequency combs and facilitate applications such as chip-based dual-comb spectroscopy.
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@article{arxiv.1603.08017,
title = {Thermally Controlled Comb Generation and Soliton Modelocking in Microresonators},
author = {Chaitanya Joshi and Jae K. Jang and Kevin Luke and Xingchen Ji and Steven A. Miller and Alexander Klenner and Yoshitomo Okawachi and Michal Lipson and Alexander L. Gaeta},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.08017},
year = {2016}
}
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5 pages, 6 figures