Brasch, V.Geiselmann, M.Herr, T.Lihachev, G.Pfeiffer, M. H. P.Gorodetsky, M. L.Kippenberg, T. J.2016-02-162016-02-162016-02-16201510.1126/science.aad4811https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/123569WOS:000368440500033Optical 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.text::journal::journal article::research article