Frequency comb generation beyond the Lugiato-Lefever equation: multi-stability and super cavity solitons

Year: 2015

Authors: Hansson T., Wabnitz S.

Autors Affiliation: Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Göteborg, Sweden; Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Università di Brescia, via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy

Abstract: The generation of optical frequency combs in microresonators is considered without resorting to the mean-field approximation. New dynamical regimes are found to appear for high intracavity power that cannot be modeled using the Lugiato-Lefever equation. Using the Ikeda map, we show the existence of multi-valued stationary states and analyze their stability. Period doubled patterns are considered, and a novel type of super cavity soliton associated with the multi-stable states is predicted. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America

Journal/Review: JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B: OPTICAL PHYSICS

Volume: 32 (7)      Pages from: 1259  to: 1266

More Information: Fondazione Cariplo (2011-0395); Italian Ministry of University and Research (2012BFNWZ2); Swedish Research Council (2013-7508).
KeyWords: Dynamical regime; Frequency combs; Intracavity power; Mean field approximation; Micro resonators; Multi stabilities; Optical frequency combs; Stationary state; Solitons
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.32.001259

Citations: 61
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