Conversion efficiency of soliton Kerr combs

We investigate the conversion efficiency (CE) of soliton modelocked Kerr frequency combs. Our analysis reveals three distinct scaling regimes of CE with the cavity free spectral range (FSR), which depends on the relative contributions of the coupling and propagation loss to the total cavity loss. Ou...

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Veröffentlicht in:Optics letters 2021-08, Vol.46 (15), p.3657-3660
Hauptverfasser: Jang, Jae K., Okawachi, Yoshitomo, Zhao, Yun, Ji, Xingchen, Joshi, Chaitanya, Lipson, Michal, Gaeta, Alexander L.
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Zusammenfassung:We investigate the conversion efficiency (CE) of soliton modelocked Kerr frequency combs. Our analysis reveals three distinct scaling regimes of CE with the cavity free spectral range (FSR), which depends on the relative contributions of the coupling and propagation loss to the total cavity loss. Our measurements, for the case of critical coupling, verify our theoretical prediction over a range of FSRs and pump powers. Our numerical simulations also indicate that mode crossings have an adverse effect on the achievable CE. Our results indicate that microresonator combs operating with spacings in the electronically detectable regime are highly inefficient, which could have implications for integrated Kerr comb devices.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.423654