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Brice I, Kim VV, Ostrovskis A, Sedulis A, Salgals T, Spolitis S, Bobrovs V, Alnis J, Ganeev RA. Quantum-Dot-Induced Modification of Surface Functionalization for Active Applications of Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:1997. [PMID: 37446513 DOI: 10.3390/nano13131997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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Quantum dots can modify the properties of the whispering gallery mode resonators (WGMRs) used in various potential applications. A deposition of a suitable nanomaterial for the surface functionalization of WGMRs allows for the achievement of high quality (Q) factors. Here, we show that the WGMR surface can be functionalized using quantum dots. We demonstrate that WGMRs covered with thin layers of HgS and PbS quantum dots are suitable for third-harmonic generation due to the high Q factor of the developed microresonators, thus significantly lowering the pumping power required for nonlinear optical interactions.
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- Inga Brice
- Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Institute of Atomic Physics and Spectroscopy, University of Latvia, Jelgavas 3, LV-1004 Riga, Latvia
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- Laboratory of Nonlinear Optics, Institute of Astronomy, University of Latvia, Jelgavas 3, LV-1004 Riga, Latvia
- Department of Physics and Chemistry, Chirchik State Pedagogical University, 104 Amir Temur, Chirchik 111700, Uzbekistan
- Institute of Fundamental and Applied Research, TIIAME National Research University, 39 Kori Niyoziy, Tashkent 100000, Uzbekistan
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- Institute of Telecommunications, Riga Technical University, Azenes 12, LV-1048 Riga, Latvia
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- Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Institute of Atomic Physics and Spectroscopy, University of Latvia, Jelgavas 3, LV-1004 Riga, Latvia
- Institute of Telecommunications, Riga Technical University, Azenes 12, LV-1048 Riga, Latvia
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- Institute of Telecommunications, Riga Technical University, Azenes 12, LV-1048 Riga, Latvia
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- Institute of Telecommunications, Riga Technical University, Azenes 12, LV-1048 Riga, Latvia
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- Institute of Telecommunications, Riga Technical University, Azenes 12, LV-1048 Riga, Latvia
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- Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Institute of Atomic Physics and Spectroscopy, University of Latvia, Jelgavas 3, LV-1004 Riga, Latvia
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- Laboratory of Nonlinear Optics, Institute of Astronomy, University of Latvia, Jelgavas 3, LV-1004 Riga, Latvia
- Department of Physics and Chemistry, Chirchik State Pedagogical University, 104 Amir Temur, Chirchik 111700, Uzbekistan
- Institute of Fundamental and Applied Research, TIIAME National Research University, 39 Kori Niyoziy, Tashkent 100000, Uzbekistan
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Thermo-Optical Sensitivity of Whispering Gallery Modes in As 2S 3 Chalcogenide Glass Microresonators. SENSORS 2022; 22:s22124636. [PMID: 35746418 PMCID: PMC9229789 DOI: 10.3390/s22124636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Glass microresonators with whispering gallery modes (WGMs) have a lot of diversified applications, including applications for sensing based on thermo-optical effects. Chalcogenide glass microresonators have a noticeably higher temperature sensitivity compared to silica ones, but only a few works have been devoted to the study of their thermo-optical properties. We present experimental and theoretical studies of thermo-optical effects in microspheres made of an As2S3 chalcogenide glass fiber. We investigated the steady-state and transient temperature distributions caused by heating due to the partial thermalization of the pump power and found the corresponding wavelength shifts of the WGMs. The experimental measurements of the thermal response time, thermo-optical shifts of the WGMs, and heat power sensitivity in microspheres with diameters of 80-380 µm are in a good agreement with the theoretically predicted dependences. The calculated temperature sensitivity of 42 pm/K does not depend on diameter for microspheres made of commercially available chalcogenide fiber, which may play an important role in the development of temperature sensors.
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Yan Y, He J, Wang M, Yang L, Jiang Y. Microsphere Photonic Superlens for a Highly Emissive Flexible Upconversion-Nanoparticle-Embedded Film. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:24636-24647. [PMID: 35580230 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c05144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Increasing upconversion luminescence (UCL) to overcome the intrinsically low conversion efficiency of upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) poses a fundamental challenge. Photonic nanostructures are the efficient approaches for UCL enhancement by tailoring the local electromagnetic fields. Unfortunately, such nanostructures are sensitive to environmental conditions, and the regulation strength is varied in flexible applications. Here, we report giant UCL enhancement from a flexible UCNP-embedded film coupled with a microsphere photonic superlens (MPS), by which the enhancement ratio of UCL is over 104-fold under 808 nm excitation down to 0.72 mW. The enhancement pathways of MPS-enhanced UCL are attributed to Mie-resonant nanofocusing for high excitation-photon density, optical whispering-gallery modes (WGMs) for fast radiative decay, and the directional antenna effect for far-field emission confinement. The contribution of optical resonance in the MPS to suppressing the phonon-induced nonradiative transition and thermal quenching is experimentally validated. The UCL quantum yield is therefore improved by 3-fold to 4.20% under 120 mW/cm2 near-infrared excitation, consistent with the enhancement ratio via the Purcell effect of WGMs. Furthermore, the MPS demonstrates the robust optical regulation capability toward flexible applications, opening up new opportunities for facilitating multiphoton upconversion in wearable optoelectrical devices for nanoimaging, biosensing, and energy conversion in the future.
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- Yinzhou Yan
- Institute of Laser Engineering, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
- Key Laboratory of Trans-scale Laser Manufacturing Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100124, China
- Beijing Engineering Research Center of Laser Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Institute of Laser Engineering, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Institute of Laser Engineering, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Institute of Laser Engineering, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Institute of Laser Engineering, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
- Key Laboratory of Trans-scale Laser Manufacturing Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100124, China
- Beijing Engineering Research Center of Laser Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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Ultrastable microwave and soliton-pulse generation from fibre-photonic-stabilized microcombs. Nat Commun 2022; 13:381. [PMID: 35046409 PMCID: PMC8770478 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-27992-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The ability to generate lower-noise microwaves has greatly advanced high-speed, high-precision scientific and engineering fields. Microcombs have high potential for generating such low-noise microwaves from chip-scale devices. To realize an ultralow-noise performance over a wider Fourier frequency range and longer time scale, which is required for many high-precision applications, free-running microcombs must be locked to more stable reference sources. However, ultrastable reference sources, particularly optical cavity-based methods, are generally bulky, alignment-sensitive and expensive, and therefore forfeit the benefits of using chip-scale microcombs. Here, we realize compact and low-phase-noise microwave and soliton pulse generation by combining a silica-microcomb (with few-mm diameter) with a fibre-photonic-based timing reference (with few-cm diameter). An ultrastable 22-GHz microwave is generated with −110 dBc/Hz (−88 dBc/Hz) phase noise at 1-kHz (100-Hz) Fourier frequency and 10−13-level frequency instability within 1-s. This work shows the potential of fully packaged, palm-sized or smaller systems for generating both ultrastable soliton pulse trains and microwaves, thereby facilitating a wide range of field applications involving ultrahigh-stability microcombs. A compact yet high-performance stabilization method has been the missing ingredient for microcombs. Here, optical fibre is used for stabilizing microcombs, enabling the generation of ultrastable soliton pulses and microwaves from palm-sized platforms
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Optical Frequency Combs Generated in Silica Microspheres in the Telecommunication C-, U-, and E-Bands. PHOTONICS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/photonics8090345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Optical frequency combs (OFCs) generated in microresonators with whispering gallery modes are demanded for different applications including telecommunications. Extending operating spectral ranges is an important problem for wavelength-division multiplexing systems based on microresonators. We demonstrate experimentally three spectrally separated OFCs in the C-, U-, and E-bands in silica microspheres which, in principle, can be used for telecommunication applications. For qualitative explanation of the OFC generation in the sidebands, we calculated gain coefficients and gain bandwidths for degenerate four-wave mixing (FWM) processes. We also attained a regime when the pump frequency was in the normal dispersion range and only two OFCs were generated. The first OFC was near the pump frequency and the second Raman-assisted OFC with a soliton-like spectrum was in the U-band. Numerical simulation based on the Lugiato–Lefever equation was performed to support this result and demonstrate that the Raman-assisted OFC may be a soliton.
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Salgals T, Alnis J, Murnieks R, Brice I, Porins J, Andrianov AV, Anashkina EA, Spolitis S, Bobrovs V. Demonstration of a fiber optical communication system employing a silica microsphere-based OFC source. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:10903-10913. [PMID: 33820213 DOI: 10.1364/oe.419546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The fabrication of microsphere resonators and the generation of optical frequency combs (OFC) have achieved a significant breakthrough in the past decade. Despite these advances, no studies have reported the experimental implementation and demonstration of silica microsphere OFCs for data transmission. In this work, to the best of our knowledge, we experimentally for the first time present a designed silica microsphere whispering-gallery-mode microresonator (WGMR) OFC as a C-band light source where 400 GHz spaced carriers provide data transmission of up to 10 Gbps NRZ-OOK modulated signals over the standard ITU-T G.652 telecom fiber span of 20 km in length. A proof-of-concept experiment is performed with two newly generated carriers (from 7-carrier OFC) having the highest peak power. The experimental realization is also strengthened by the modeling and simulations of the proposed system showing a strong match of the results. The demonstrated setup serves as a platform for the future experimental implementation of silica microsphere WGMR-OFC in more complex WDM transmission system realizations with advanced modulation schemes.
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Microsphere-Based Optical Frequency Comb Generator for 200 GHz Spaced WDM Data Transmission System. PHOTONICS 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/photonics7030072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Optical frequency comb (OFC) generators based on whispering gallery mode (WGM) microresonators have a massive potential to ensure spectral and energy efficiency in wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) telecommunication systems. The use of silica microspheres for telecommunication applications has hardly been studied but could be promising. We propose, investigate, and optimize numerically a simple design of a silica microsphere-based OFC generator in the C-band with a free spectral range of 200 GHz and simulate its implementation to provide 4-channel 200 GHz spaced WDM data transmission system. We calculate microsphere characteristics such as WGM eigenfrequencies, dispersion, nonlinear Kerr coefficient with allowance for thermo-optical effects, and simulate OFC generation in the regime of a stable dissipative Kerr soliton. We show that by employing generated OFC lines as optical carriers for WDM data transmission, it is possible to ensure error-free data transmission with a bit error rate (BER) of 4.5 × 10−30, providing a total of 40 Gbit/s of transmission speed on four channels.
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Garbin B, Javaloyes J, Tissoni G, Barland S. Hopping and emergent dynamics of optical localized states in a trapping potential. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2020; 30:093126. [PMID: 33003904 DOI: 10.1063/5.0006130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The position and motion of localized states of light in propagative geometries can be controlled via an adequate parameter modulation. Here, we show theoretically and experimentally that this process can be accurately described as the phase locking of oscillators to an external forcing and that non-reciprocal interactions between light bits can drastically modify this picture. Interactions lead to the convective motion of defects and to an unlocking as a collective emerging phenomenon.
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- B Garbin
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Departament de Física and IAC-3, Universitat de les Illes Balears, C/ Valldemossa km 7.5, 07122 Mallorca, Spain
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- Institut de Physique de Nice, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, F-06560 Valbonne, France
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- Institut de Physique de Nice, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, F-06560 Valbonne, France
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Jang JK, Ji X, Joshi C, Okawachi Y, Lipson M, Gaeta AL. Observation of Arnold Tongues in Coupled Soliton Kerr Frequency Combs. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:153901. [PMID: 31702288 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.153901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We demonstrate various regimes of synchronization in systems of two coupled cavity soliton-based Kerr frequency combs. We show subharmonic, harmonic, and harmonic-ratio synchronization of coupled microresonators, and reveal their dynamics in the form of Arnold tongues, structures that are ubiquitous in nonlinear dynamical systems. Our experimental results are well corroborated by numerical simulations based on coupled Lugiato-Lefever equations. This Letter illustrates the newfound degree of flexibility in synchronizing Kerr combs across a wide range of comb spacings and could find applications in time and frequency metrology, spectroscopy, microwave photonics, optical communications, and astronomy.
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- Jae K Jang
- Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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Nielsen AU, Garbin B, Coen S, Murdoch SG, Erkintalo M. Coexistence and Interactions between Nonlinear States with Different Polarizations in a Monochromatically Driven Passive Kerr Resonator. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:013902. [PMID: 31386416 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.013902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We report on experimental observations of coexistence and interactions between nonlinear states with different polarizations in a passive Kerr resonator driven at a single carrier frequency. Using a fiber ring resonator with adjustable birefringence, we partially overlap nonlinear resonances of two orthogonal polarization modes, achieving coexistence between different nonlinear states by locking the driving laser frequency at various points within the overlap region. In particular, we observe coexistence between temporal cavity solitons and modulation instability patterns, as well as coexistence between two nonidentical cavity solitons with different polarizations. We also observe interactions between the distinctly polarized cavity solitons, as well as spontaneous excitation and annihilation of solitons by a near-orthogonally polarized unstable modulation instability pattern. By demonstrating that a single frequency driving field can support coexistence between differentially polarized solitons and complex modulation instability patterns, our work sheds light on the rich dissipative dynamics of multimode Kerr resonators. Our findings could also be of relevance to the generation of multiplexed microresonator frequency combs.
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- Alexander U Nielsen
- Department of Physics, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand and The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, New Zealand
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- Department of Physics, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand and The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, New Zealand
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- Department of Physics, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand and The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, New Zealand
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- Department of Physics, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand and The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, New Zealand
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- Department of Physics, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand and The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, New Zealand
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Numerical Simulation of Mid-Infrared Optical Frequency Comb Generation in Chalcogenide As2S3 Microbubble Resonators. PHOTONICS 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/photonics6020055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Mid-infrared optical frequency comb generation in whispering gallery mode microresonators attracts significant interest. Chalcogenide glass microresonators are good candidates for operating in the mid-infrared range. We present the first theoretical analysis of optical frequency comb generation in As2S3 microbubble resonators in the 3–4 μm range. The regime of dissipative soliton plus dispersive wave generation is simulated numerically in the frame of the Lugiato–Lefever equation. Using microbubble geometry allows controlling of the zero-dispersion wavelength and the obtaining of anomalous dispersion needed for soliton generation at the pump wavelength of 3.5 μm, whereas the zero-dispersion wavelength of the analyzed As2S3 glass is ~4.8 μm. It is shown that, for the optimized characteristics of microbubble resonators, optical frequency combs with a spectral width of more than 700 nm (at the level of −30 dB) can be obtained with the low pump power of 10 mW.
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Yan M, Zhang X, Wang J, Hou F, Yang L, Sun W, Yang Y, Wang T. Effects of end surface and angle coupling on mode splitting and suppression in a cylindrical microcavity. APPLIED OPTICS 2019; 58:1752-1756. [PMID: 30874212 DOI: 10.1364/ao.58.001752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A cylindrical microcavity conventionally has the characteristics of simple fabrication and high Q factor, where the rich physics of mode splitting and suppression caused by mode excitation, coupling, and interference have been realized for highly sensitive sensing and cavity quantum electrodynamics. In this paper, we show experimentally and theoretically a simple method to tailor these two mechanisms via near-end surface and angle coupling in a single-mode fiber cylindrical microcavity. Mode splitting can be enhanced due to the interference between localized and axial modes as the effect of near-end surface coupling, validated by the coupled-mode model. Besides, we also demonstrate that the coupling angle between the fiber taper and cylindrical microcavity can efficiently affect the mode suppression in the transmission spectrum. Such a device has a simple structure, simple fabrication process, and simple mechanism to tailor the mode splitting and suppression for applications in cavity quantum electrodynamics, sensitive sensing, and other topics of photonics.
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Kuse N, Briles TC, Papp SB, Fermann ME. Control of Kerr-microresonator optical frequency comb by a dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder interferometer. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:3873-3883. [PMID: 30876012 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.003873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A technique to integrate key functions of a Kerr-microresonator optical frequency comb into one device, i.e., a dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder interferometer (DP-MZI), is proposed. In the technique, a DP-MZI enables the control of carrier envelope offset frequency (fceo), as well as repetition frequency (frep), in addition to generating a stable dissipative Kerr soliton. In experiments, influences on fceo and frep by pump frequency and power modulation via a DP-MZI are investigated, followed by a demonstration of long-term full stabilization of a microresonator soliton comb to a fiber-based optical frequency comb. As another example demonstration, timing jitter of a microresonator soliton comb is significantly suppressed by referencing to a fiber through a two-wavelength delayed self-heterodyne interferometer (TWDI).
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Zhou H, Geng Y, Cui W, Huang SW, Zhou Q, Qiu K, Wei Wong C. Soliton bursts and deterministic dissipative Kerr soliton generation in auxiliary-assisted microcavities. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2019; 8:50. [PMID: 31149335 PMCID: PMC6538660 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-019-0161-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2018] [Revised: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Dissipative Kerr solitons in resonant frequency combs offer a promising route for ultrafast mode-locking, precision spectroscopy and time-frequency standards. The dynamics for the dissipative soliton generation, however, are intrinsically intertwined with thermal nonlinearities, limiting the soliton generation parameter map and statistical success probabilities of the solitary state. Here, via use of an auxiliary laser heating approach to suppress thermal dragging dynamics in dissipative soliton comb formation, we demonstrate stable Kerr soliton singlet formation and soliton bursts. First, we access a new soliton existence range with an inverse-sloped Kerr soliton evolution-diminishing soliton energy with increasing pump detuning. Second, we achieve deterministic transitions from Turing-like comb patterns directly into the dissipative Kerr soliton singlet pulse bypassing the chaotic states. This is achieved by avoiding subcomb overlaps at lower pump power, with near-identical singlet soliton comb generation over twenty instances. Third, with the red-detuned pump entrance route enabled, we uncover unique spontaneous soliton bursts in the direct formation of low-noise optical frequency combs from continuum background noise. The burst dynamics are due to the rapid entry and mutual attraction of the pump laser into the cavity mode, aided by the auxiliary laser and matching well with our numerical simulations. Enabled by the auxiliary-assisted frequency comb dynamics, we demonstrate an application of automatic soliton comb recovery and long-term stabilization against strong external perturbations. Our findings hold potential to expand the parameter space for ultrafast nonlinear dynamics and precision optical frequency comb stabilization.
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- Heng Zhou
- Key Lab of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communication Networks, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 611731 Chengdu, China
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- Key Lab of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communication Networks, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 611731 Chengdu, China
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- Key Lab of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communication Networks, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 611731 Chengdu, China
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- Fang Lu Mesoscopic Optics and Quantum Electronics Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
- Department of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 611731 Chengdu, China
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- Key Lab of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communication Networks, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 611731 Chengdu, China
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- Fang Lu Mesoscopic Optics and Quantum Electronics Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
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Jiang N, Zhao A, Liu S, Xue C, Wang B, Qiu K. Generation of broadband chaos with perfect time delay signature suppression by using self-phase-modulated feedback and a microsphere resonator. OPTICS LETTERS 2018; 43:5359-5362. [PMID: 30383007 DOI: 10.1364/ol.43.005359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2018] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We propose and experimentally demonstrate a broadband chaos generation scheme by introducing self-phase modulation (SPM) in the feedback loop of an external-cavity semiconductor laser and propagating the chaos through a microsphere resonator (MR). Four chaos generation cases-conventional optical feedback (COF), COF+MR, individual SPM optical feedback (SPMOF), and the proposed SPMOF+MR-are experimentally discussed. The experimental results demonstrate that with respect to the other three cases, in the proposed scheme with the joint effects of SPMOF and MR, the relaxation oscillation effect in chaos can be eliminated and a flat RF spectrum with much more significant bandwidth enhancement can be achieved. Simultaneously, the time delay signature (TDS) in the chaos can be perfectly suppressed at a very low level close to 0 in a wide operation range of feedback. This work shows a novel scheme to generate broadband chaos with flat spectrum and perfect TDS suppression.
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Battery-operated integrated frequency comb generator. Nature 2018; 562:401-405. [PMID: 30297798 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0598-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2018] [Accepted: 08/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Optical frequency combs are broadband sources that offer mutually coherent, equidistant spectral lines with unprecedented precision in frequency and timing for an array of applications1. Frequency combs generated in microresonators through the Kerr nonlinearity require a single-frequency pump laser and have the potential to provide highly compact, scalable and power-efficient devices2,3. Here we demonstrate a device-a laser-integrated Kerr frequency comb generator-that fulfils this potential through use of extremely low-loss silicon nitride waveguides that form both the microresonator and an integrated laser cavity. Our device generates low-noise soliton-mode-locked combs with a repetition rate of 194 gigahertz at wavelengths near 1,550 nanometres using only 98 milliwatts of electrical pump power. The dual-cavity configuration that we use combines the laser and microresonator, demonstrating the flexibility afforded by close integration of these components, and together with the ultra low power consumption should enable production of highly portable and robust frequency and timing references, sensors and signal sources. This chip-based integration of microresonators and lasers should also provide tools with which to investigate the dynamics of comb and soliton generation.
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Kippenberg TJ, Gaeta AL, Lipson M, Gorodetsky ML. Dissipative Kerr solitons in optical microresonators. Science 2018; 361:361/6402/eaan8083. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aan8083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 699] [Impact Index Per Article: 116.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Chen W, Garbin B, Nielsen AU, Coen S, Murdoch SG, Erkintalo M. Experimental observations of breathing Kerr temporal cavity solitons at large detunings. OPTICS LETTERS 2018; 43:3674-3677. [PMID: 30067652 DOI: 10.1364/ol.43.003674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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It was recently predicted that, due to stimulated Raman scattering, temporal Kerr cavity solitons may exhibit oscillatory instabilities at large cavity detunings [Phys. Rev. Lett.120, 053902 (2018)PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.120.053902]. Here, we report experimental observations of this behavior. To access the appropriate oscillatory regime, we construct a macroscopic fiber ring resonator with a high finesse of F≈240. By synchronously driving the resonator with flat-top nanosecond pulses, we can reach very large intracavity power levels, where Raman-induced soliton oscillations can be observed. We also surprisingly find that, in the limit of large cavity driving strengths, new soliton instability regimes that are not accounted for in the known bifurcation structure of driven Kerr resonators can emerge even in the absence of Raman effects. Our experimental results are in good agreement with numerical simulations.
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Wang Y, Garbin B, Leo F, Coen S, Erkintalo M, Murdoch SG. Addressing temporal Kerr cavity solitons with a single pulse of intensity modulation. OPTICS LETTERS 2018; 43:3192-3195. [PMID: 29957814 DOI: 10.1364/ol.43.003192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We experimentally and numerically study the use of intensity modulation for the controlled addressing of temporal Kerr cavity solitons (CSs). Using a coherently driven fiber ring resonator, we demonstrate that a single temporally broad intensity modulation pulse applied on the cavity driving field permits systematic and efficient writing and erasing of ultrashort cavity solitons. We use numerical simulations based on the mean-field Lugiato-Lefever model to investigate the addressing dynamics, and present a simple physical description of the underlying physics.
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Kartashov YV, Gorodetsky ML, Kudlinski A, Skryabin DV. Two-dimensional nonlinear modes and frequency combs in bottle microresonators. OPTICS LETTERS 2018; 43:2680-2683. [PMID: 29856392 DOI: 10.1364/ol.43.002680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We theoretically investigate frequency comb generation in a bottle microresonator accounting for the azimuthal and axial degrees of freedom. We first identify a discrete set of the axial nonlinear modes of a bottle microresonator that appear as tilted resonances bifurcating from the spectrum of linear axial modes. We then study azimuthal modulational instability of these modes and show that families of two-dimensional (2D) soliton states localized both azimuthally and axially bifurcate from them at critical pump frequencies. Depending on detuning, 2D solitons can be stable, form persistent breathers or chaotic spatio-temporal patterns, or exhibit collapse-like evolution.
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Karpov M, Pfeiffer MHP, Liu J, Lukashchuk A, Kippenberg TJ. Photonic chip-based soliton frequency combs covering the biological imaging window. Nat Commun 2018; 9:1146. [PMID: 29559634 PMCID: PMC5861103 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03471-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 02/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Dissipative Kerr solitons (DKS) in optical microresonators provide a highly miniaturised, chip-integrated frequency comb source with unprecedentedly high repetition rates and spectral bandwidth. To date, such frequency comb sources have been successfully applied in the optical telecommunication band for dual-comb spectroscopy, coherent telecommunications, counting of optical frequencies and distance measurements. Yet, the range of applications could be significantly extended by operating in the near-infrared spectral domain, which is a prerequisite for biomedical and Raman imaging applications, and hosts commonly used optical atomic transitions. Here we show the operation of photonic-chip-based soliton Kerr combs driven with 1 micron laser light. By engineering the dispersion properties of a Si3N4 microring resonator, octave-spanning soliton Kerr combs extending to 776 nm are attained, thereby covering the optical biological imaging window. Moreover, we show that soliton states can be generated in normal group–velocity dispersion regions when exploiting mode hybridisation with other mode families. Dissipative Kerr solitons in optical microresonators provide excellent optical frequency comb sources for precision metrology and imaging techniques. Here, Karpov et al. demonstrate a chipscale octave-spanning soliton-based comb, operating at 1 μm wavelength that covers the biological imaging window.
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- Maxim Karpov
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements (LPQM), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements (LPQM), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements (LPQM), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements (LPQM), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements (LPQM), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Wang Y, Anderson M, Coen S, Murdoch SG, Erkintalo M. Stimulated Raman Scattering Imposes Fundamental Limits to the Duration and Bandwidth of Temporal Cavity Solitons. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 120:053902. [PMID: 29481150 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.053902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2017] [Revised: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Temporal cavity solitons (CS) are optical pulses that can persist in passive resonators, and they play a key role in the generation of coherent microresonator frequency combs. In resonators made of amorphous materials, such as fused silica, they can exhibit a spectral redshift due to stimulated Raman scattering. Here we show that this Raman-induced self-frequency-shift imposes a fundamental limit on the duration and bandwidth of temporal CSs. Specifically, we theoretically predict that stimulated Raman scattering introduces a previously unidentified Hopf bifurcation that leads to destabilization of CSs at large pump-cavity detunings, limiting the range of detunings over which they can exist. We have confirmed our theoretical predictions by performing extensive experiments in synchronously driven fiber ring resonators, obtaining results in excellent agreement with numerical simulations. Our results could have significant implications for the future design of Kerr frequency comb systems based on amorphous microresonators.
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- Yadong Wang
- The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, Department of Physics, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, Department of Physics, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, Department of Physics, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, Department of Physics, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, Department of Physics, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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Joshi C, Klenner A, Okawachi Y, Yu M, Luke K, Ji X, Lipson M, Gaeta AL. Counter-rotating cavity solitons in a silicon nitride microresonator. OPTICS LETTERS 2018; 43:547-550. [PMID: 29400837 DOI: 10.1364/ol.43.000547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/01/2018] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We demonstrate the generation of counter-rotating cavity solitons in a silicon nitride microresonator using a fixed, single-frequency laser. We demonstrate a dual three-soliton state with a difference in the repetition rates of the soliton trains that can be tuned by varying the ratio of pump powers in the two directions. Such a system enables a highly compact, tunable dual comb source that can be used for applications such as spectroscopy and distance ranging.
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Oreshnikov I, Skryabin DV. Multiple nonlinear resonances and frequency combs in bottle microresonators. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:10306-10311. [PMID: 28468403 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.010306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We introduce the generalized Lugiato-Lefever equation describing nonlinear effects in the bottle microresonators. We demonstrate that the nonlinear modes of these resonators can form multiple coexisting and overlapping nonlinear resonances and that their instabilities lead to the generation of the low repetition rate frequency combs.
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