• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 6, Issue 5, B67 (2018)
Hualong Bao1, Andrew Cooper1, Sai T. Chu2, Dave J. Moss3, Roberto Morandotti4、5、6, Brent E. Little7, Marco Peccianti1, and Alessia Pasquazi1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Emergent Photonics (Epic) Lab, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, UK
  • 2City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong, China
  • 3Centre for Microphotonics, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia
  • 4INRS-EMT, 1650 Boulevard Lionel-Boulet, Varennes, Québec J3X 1S2, Canada
  • 5Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
  • 6National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • 7Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710119, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.6.000B67 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Hualong Bao, Andrew Cooper, Sai T. Chu, Dave J. Moss, Roberto Morandotti, Brent E. Little, Marco Peccianti, Alessia Pasquazi. Type-II micro-comb generation in a filter-driven four wave mixing laser [Invited][J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(5): B67 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We experimentally demonstrate the generation of highly coherent Type-II micro-combs based on a micro-resonator nested in a fiber cavity loop, known as the filter-driven four wave mixing (FD-FWM) laser scheme. In this system, the frequency spacing of the comb can be adjusted to integer multiples of the free-spectral range (FSR) of the nested micro-resonator by properly tuning the fiber cavity length. Sub-comb lines with single FSR spacing around the primary comb lines can be generated. Such a spectral emission is known as a “Type-II comb”. Our system achieves a fully coherent output. This behavior is verified by numerical simulations. This study represents an important step forward in controlling and manipulating the dynamics of an FD-FWM laser.
    Tr(tA+τA)iLrβr2ττA+iγLr|A|2A=0,(1)

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    Tf(tB+τB)iLfβf2ττBgLf(1+ττΩg2)B=0.(2)

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    g=g01+0Tf|B|2PsatdτTf,(3)

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    A(t,0)=κB(t,Tf)eiϕf1κ2A(t,0)eiϕr,(4)

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    A(t,Tr2)=1κ2A(t,Tr2)eiϕr,(5)

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    B(t,0)=κA(t,Tr2)eiϕr,(6)

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    Tf=(N+δ)Tr,(7)

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    Hualong Bao, Andrew Cooper, Sai T. Chu, Dave J. Moss, Roberto Morandotti, Brent E. Little, Marco Peccianti, Alessia Pasquazi. Type-II micro-comb generation in a filter-driven four wave mixing laser [Invited][J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(5): B67
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