Kippenberg, TobiasHerr, Tobias2013-09-022013-09-022013-09-02201310.5075/epfl-thesis-5877https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/94434urn:nbn:ch:bel-epfl-thesis5877-5enoptical frequency combsoptical microresonatorsnonlinear opticsmid-infraredtemporal dissipative cavity solitonsultra-short optical pulsesSolitons and dynamics of frequency comb formation in optical microresonatorsthesis::doctoral thesis