Soliton bursts and deterministic dissipative Kerr soliton generation in auxiliary-assisted microcavities

Heng Zhou; Yong Geng; Wenwen Cui; Shu-Wei Huang; Qiang Zhou; Kun Qiu; Chee Wei Wong

doi:10.1038/s41377-019-0161-y

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Soliton bursts and deterministic dissipative Kerr soliton generation in auxiliary-assisted microcavities

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- Soliton bursts and deterministic dissipative Kerr soliton generation in auxiliary-assisted microcavities
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 8, Issue 3, Pages: 437-446(2019)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Key Lab of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communication Networks, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 611731 Chengdu, China
  2.Fang Lu Mesoscopic Optics and Quantum Electronics Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
  3.Department of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
  4.Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 611731 Chengdu, China
- Author bio：
  
  Heng Zhou (zhouheng@uestc.edu.cn)
  Chee Wei Wong (cheewei.wong@ucla.edu)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-019-0161-y
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- Published：2019，
  
  Published Online：29 May 2019，
  
  Received：24 October 2018，
  
  Revised：10 May 2019，
  
  Accepted：14 May 2019
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Zhou, H. et al. Soliton bursts and deterministic dissipative Kerr soliton generation in auxiliary-assisted microcavities. Light: Science & Applications, 8, 437-446 (2019).
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Zhou, H. et al. Soliton bursts and deterministic dissipative Kerr soliton generation in auxiliary-assisted microcavities. Light: Science & Applications, 8, 437-446 (2019). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-019-0161-y.

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Abstract

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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