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Photo-induced cascaded harmonic and comb generation in silicon nitride microresonators

Hu, Jianqi  
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Nitiss, Edgars  
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He, Jijun  
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December 16, 2022
Science Advances

Silicon nitride (Si3N4) is an ever-maturing integrated platform for nonlinear optics but mostly considered for third-order [chi(3)] nonlinear interactions. Recently, second-order [chi(2)] nonlinearity was introduced into Si3N4 via the photogalvanic effect, resulting in the inscription of quasi-phase-matched chi(2) gratings. However, the full potential of the photogalvanic effect in microresonators remains largely unexplored for cascaded effects. Here, we report combined chi(2) and chi(3) nonlinear effects in a normal dispersion Si3N4 microresonator. We dem-onstrate that the photo-induced chi(2) grating also provides phase-matching for the sum-frequency generation process, enabling the initiation and successive switching of primary combs. In addition, the doubly resonant pump and second-harmonic fields allow for effective third-harmonic generation, where a secondary optically written chi(2) grating is identified. Last, we reach a broadband microcomb state evolved from the sum-frequency- coupled primary comb. These results expand the scope of cascaded effects in microresonators.

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DOI
10.1126/sciadv.add8252
Web of Science ID

WOS:000905194200007

Author(s)
Hu, Jianqi  
Nitiss, Edgars  
He, Jijun  
Liu, Junqiu  
Yakar, Ozan  
Weng, Wenle  
Kippenberg, Tobias J.  
Bres, Camille-Sophie  
Date Issued

2022-12-16

Published in
Science Advances
Volume

8

Issue

50

Article Number

eadd8252

Subjects

Multidisciplinary Sciences

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Science & Technology - Other Topics

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pulse kerr combs

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3rd-harmonic generation

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frequency

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conversion

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efficiency

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gratings

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green

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