Dispersion-less Kerr solitons in spectrally confined optical cavities

Xiaoxiao Xue; Philippe Grelu; Bofan Yang; Mian Wang; Shangyuan Li; Xiaoping Zheng; Bingkun Zhou

doi:10.1038/s41377-022-01052-8

Light: Science & Applications (Jan 2023)

Dispersion-less Kerr solitons in spectrally confined optical cavities

Xiaoxiao Xue,
Philippe Grelu,
Bofan Yang,
Mian Wang,
Shangyuan Li,
Xiaoping Zheng,
Bingkun Zhou

Affiliations

Xiaoxiao Xue: Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University
Philippe Grelu: Laboratoire ICB, UMR 6303 CNRS, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté
Bofan Yang: Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University
Mian Wang: Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University
Shangyuan Li: Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University
Xiaoping Zheng: Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University
Bingkun Zhou: Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-022-01052-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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A novel class of solitons, which builds up in spectrally confined optical cavities when dispersion is practically absent, is revealed both theoretically and experimentally, opening new avenues for generating soliton pulses and frequency combs endowed with unprecedented temporal and spectral features.

Published in Light: Science & Applications

ISSN: 2047-7538 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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