Open AccessHarmonization of chaos into a soliton in Kerr frequency combs
Author(s) -
Valery E. Lobanov,
Grigory Lihachev,
Nikolay G. Pavlov,
A. V. Cherenkov,
Tobias J. Kippenberg,
M. L. Gorodetsky
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.24.027382
Subject(s) - physics , optics , dissipative system , soliton , modulation (music) , frequency comb , chaotic , kerr effect , phase modulation , frequency modulation , laser , amplitude modulation , nonlinear system , phase noise , quantum mechanics , bandwidth (computing) , telecommunications , computer science , artificial intelligence , acoustics
Dissipative Kerr solitons have paved the way to broadband and fully coherent optical frequency combs in microresonators. Here, we demonstrate numerically that slow frequency tuning of the pump laser in conjunction with phase or amplitude modulation corresponding to the free spectral range of the microresonator, provides reliable convergence of an initially excited chaotic comb state to a single dissipative Kerr soliton (DKS) state. The efficiency of this approach depends on both frequency tuning speed and modulation depth. The relevance of the proposed method is confirmed experimentally in a MgF 2 microresonator.