11 research outputs found
Dynamics of platicons due to third-order dispersion
Dynamics of platicons caused by the third-order dispersion is studied. It is
shown that under the influence of the third-order dispersion platicons obtain
angular velocity depending both on dispersion and on detuning value. A method
of tuning of platicon associated optical frequency comb repetition rate is
proposed.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figure
Platicon Stability in Hot Cavities
The stability of platicons in hot cavities with normal group velocity at the
interplay of Kerr and thermal nonlinearities was addressed numerically. The
stability analysis was performed for different ranges of pump amplitude,
thermal nonlinearity coefficient and thermal relaxation time. It was revealed
that for the positive thermal effect, the high-energy wide platicons are
stable, while the negative thermal coefficient provides the stability of narrow
platicons.Comment: 4 pages, 8 figure
Ultra high-Q WGM microspheres from ZBLAN for the mid-IR band
The advantages of high-quality-factor whispering gallery mode microresonators
can be applied to develop novel photonic devices for the mid-IR range. ZBLAN
(glass based on heavy metal fluorides) is one of the most promising materials
to be used for this purpose due to low optical losses in the mid-IR. We
developed original fabrication method based on melting of commercially
available ZBLAN-based optical fiber to produce high-Q ZBLAN microspheres with
the diameters of 250 to 350 m. We effectively excited whispering gallery
modes in these microspheres and demonstrated high quality factor both at 1.55
m and 2.64 m. Intrinsic quality factor at telecom wavelength was
shown which is defined by the material losses in ZBLAN.
In the mid-IR at 2.64 m we demonstrated record quality factor in ZBLAN
exceeding which is comparable to the highest values of the Q-factor
among all materials in the mid-IR
Optimization of laser stabilization via self-injection locking to a whispering-gallery-mode microresonator: experimental study
Self-injection locking of a diode laser to a high-quality-factor
microresonator is widely used for frequency stabilization and linewidth
narrowing. We constructed several microresonator-based laser sources with
measured instantaneous linewidths of 1 Hz and used them for investigation and
implementation of the self-injection locking effect. We studied analytically
and experimentally the dependence of the stabilization coefficient on tunable
parameters such as locking phase and coupling rate. It was shown that precise
control of the locking phase allows fine tuning of the generated frequency from
the stabilized laser diode. We also showed that it is possible for such laser
sources to realize fast continuous and linear frequency modulation by injection
current tuning inside the self-injection locking regime. We conceptually
demonstrate coherent frequency-modulated continuous wave LIDAR over a distance
of 10 km using such a microresonator-stabilized laser diode in the
frequency-chirping regime and measure velocities as low as sub-micrometer per
second in the unmodulated case. These results could be of interest for
cutting-edge technology applications such as space debris monitoring and
long-range object classification, high resolution spectroscopy and others
Electrically Driven Ultra-compact Photonic Integrated Soliton Microcomb
We demonstrate a current-initiated soliton microcomb by injection-locking a multi-frequency laser diode to a chip-scale high-Q Si3N4 microresonator. This approach offers a pathway for integrated and ultra-compact microcomb source for high-volume applications. (c) 2019 The Author(s
Electrically pumped photonic integrated soliton microcomb (vol 10, 680, 2018)
The original version of this Article contained an error in the first sentence of the Acknowledgements, which incorrectly read ‘This publication was supported by Contract HR0011-15-C-0055 (DODOS) from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Defense Sciences Office (DSO).’ The correct version states ‘Microsystems Technology Office (MTO)’ in place of ‘Defense Sciences Office (DSO)’. This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article