Soliton generation in AlGaAs microresonators at room temperature

分类： 光学 >> 量子光学 提交时间： 2023-02-19

Lue Wu Weiqiang Xie Chao Xiang Lin Chang Yan Yu Hao-Jing Chen Yoshihisa Yamamoto John E. Bowers Kerry J. Vahala Myoung-Gyun Suh

摘要： Chip-integrated optical frequency combs are attractive optical sources in comb applications requiring high-repetition-rate, low power consumption, or compact size. Spontaneous soliton formation via Kerr parametric oscillation is a promising generation principle in these frequency combs, and has been demonstrated in several material platforms over the past decade. Of these materials, AlGaAs has one of the largest Kerr nonlinearity coefficients allowing low pump threshold comb generation. However, bright soliton generation using this material has only been possible at cryogenic temperature because of the large thermo-optic effect at room temperature, which hinders stable access to the soliton regime. Here, we report self-stabilized single soliton generation in AlGaAs microresonators at room temperature by utilizing a rising soliton step in large free-spectral-range resonators. With sub-milliWatt optical pump power, 1 THz repetition-rate soliton generation is demonstrated. Perfect soliton crystal formation and soliton breather states are also observed. Besides the advantages of large optical nonlinearity, the devices are natural candidates for integration with III-V pump lasers.

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