2014/04/04 by Zhang, Lin, Lin, Qiang, Kimerling, Lionel C. +1
#FOS: Physical sciences #Optics (physics.optics) #Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1404.1137
We show that the ultrashort cavity soliton in octave-spanning Kerr frequency comb generation exhibits striking self-adaptiveness and robustness to external perturbations, resulting in a novel frequency shifting/cancellation mechanism and gigantic dispersive wave generation in response to the strong frequency dependence of Kerr nonlinearity, Raman scattering, chromatic dispersion, and cavity Q. These observations open up a great avenue towards versatile manipulation of nonlinear soliton dynamics, flexible spectrum engineering of mode-locked Kerr frequency combs, and highly efficient frequency translation of optical waves.