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Photonic chip-based optical frequency comb using soliton Cherenkov radiation

Brasch, V.  
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Geiselmann, M.  
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Herr, T.  
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2015
Science

Optical solitons are propagating pulses of light that retain their shape because nonlinearity and dispersion balance each other. In the presence of higher-order dispersion, optical solitons can emit dispersive waves via the process of soliton Cherenkov radiation. This process underlies supercontinuum generation and is of critical importance in frequency metrology. Using a continuous wave-pumped, dispersion-engineered, integrated silicon nitride microresonator, we generated continuously circulating temporal dissipative Kerr solitons. The presence of higher-order dispersion led to the emission of red-shifted soliton Cherenkov radiation. The output corresponds to a fully coherent optical frequency comb that spans two-thirds of an octave and whose phase we were able to stabilize to the sub-Hertz level. By preserving coherence over a broad spectral bandwidth, our device offers the opportunity to develop compact on-chip frequency combs for frequency metrology or spectroscopy.

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DOI
10.1126/science.aad4811
Web of Science ID

WOS:000368440500033

Author(s)
Brasch, V.  
Geiselmann, M.  
Herr, T.  
Lihachev, G.
Pfeiffer, M. H. P.  
Gorodetsky, M. L.
Kippenberg, T. J.  
Date Issued

2015

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Science
Volume

351

Issue

6271

Start page

357

End page

360

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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February 16, 2016
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