• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 8, Issue 8, 1342 (2020)
Shuai Wan1、2、†, Rui Niu1、2、†, Zheng-Yu Wang1、2, Jin-Lan Peng3, Ming Li1、2, Jin Li1、2, Guang-Can Guo1、2, Chang-Ling Zou1、2、4, and Chun-Hua Dong1、2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 2CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 3Center for Micro and Nanoscale Research and Fabrication, University of Science and Technology of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230026, China
  • 4e-mail: clzou321@ustc.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.397619 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Shuai Wan, Rui Niu, Zheng-Yu Wang, Jin-Lan Peng, Ming Li, Jin Li, Guang-Can Guo, Chang-Ling Zou, Chun-Hua Dong. Frequency stabilization and tuning of breathing solitons in Si3N4 microresonators[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(8): 1342 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Dissipative Kerr solitons offer broadband coherent and low-noise frequency combs and stable temporal pulse trains, having shown great potential applications in spectroscopy, communications, and metrology. Breathing solitons are a particular kind of dissipative Kerr soliton in which the pulse duration and peak intensity show periodic oscillation. Here we have investigated the breathing dissipative Kerr solitons in silicon nitride (Si3N4) microrings, while the breathing period shows uncertainties of around megahertz (MHz) order in both simulation and experiments. This instability is the main obstacle for future applications. By applying a modulated signal to the pump laser, the breathing frequency can be injection locked to the modulation frequency and tuned over tens of MHz with frequency noise significantly suppressed. Our demonstration offers an alternative knob for the control of soliton dynamics in microresonators and paves a new avenue towards practical applications of breathing solitons.
    Aμt=κ2Aμ+igk,l,nAkAl*Anei(ωkωl+ωnωμ)t+δμ0ηκsinei(ωpω0)t.(A1)

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    aμτ=(1+iΩμ)aμ+ik,l,nδμ+lknakal*an+δμ0f.(A2)

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    xν=F[aμ]=1Nμaμei2πμν/N,(A3)

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    aμ=F1[xν]=1Nνxνei2πμν/N,(A4)

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    aμτ=(1+iΩμ)aμ+iF1[|F[a]|2F[a]]μ+δμ0f.(A5)

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    f=fi1{ei[π2+πϵsin(2πνt)]1},(A6)

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    =fi1[ieiπϵsin(2πνt)i+i1],(A7)

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    =f+ifi1[eiπϵsin(2πνt)1].(A8)

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    |f|2=|f|2|1i12[eiπϵsin(2πνt)1]|2,(A9)

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    =|f|2{sin[πϵsin(2πνt)]+cos[πϵsin(2πνt)]},(A10)

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    =|f|22cos[πϵsin(2πνt)π4].(A11)

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    f=Ein×[1+noise(t)].(A12)

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    Shuai Wan, Rui Niu, Zheng-Yu Wang, Jin-Lan Peng, Ming Li, Jin Li, Guang-Can Guo, Chang-Ling Zou, Chun-Hua Dong. Frequency stabilization and tuning of breathing solitons in Si3N4 microresonators[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(8): 1342
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