• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 12, Issue 6, 1175 (2024)
Alwaleed Aldhafeeri1,*, Hsiao-Hsuan Chin1, Tristan Melton1, Dong IL Lee1..., Allen Chu1, Wenting Wang1, Mingbin Yu2,3, Patrick Guo-Qiang Lo2, Dim-Lee Kwong2 and Chee Wei Wong1,4|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Fang Lu Mesoscopic Optics and Quantum Electronics Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
  • 2Institute of Microelectronics, A*STAR, Singapore 117865, Singapore
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, and Shanghai Industrial Technology Research Institute, Shanghai 200050, China
  • 4e-mail: cheewei.wong@ucla.edu
  • show less
    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.521282 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Alwaleed Aldhafeeri, Hsiao-Hsuan Chin, Tristan Melton, Dong IL Lee, Allen Chu, Wenting Wang, Mingbin Yu, Patrick Guo-Qiang Lo, Dim-Lee Kwong, Chee Wei Wong, "Low phase noise K-band signal generation using polarization diverse single-soliton integrated microcombs," Photonics Res. 12, 1175 (2024) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Frequency microcombs with microwave and millimeter-wave repetition rates provide a compact solution for coherent communication and information processing. The implementation of these microcombs using a CMOS-compatible platform further paves the way for large-scale photonic integration and modularity. Here, we demonstrate free-running soliton microcombs with K-band repetition rates with very low phase noise over a 4 GHz pump detuning range reaching -117(-123)dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset for a 19.7 (10) GHz carrier without active pump stabilization, exceeding commercial electronic microwave oscillators at frequency offsets above 40 kHz. The minimum laser noise to soliton microwave signal transduction factor observed is -73dB. This noise performance is achieved using a hybridized dual-mode for soliton generation to achieve passive thermal stabilization and minimal soliton spectrum shift from prior Raman scattering and dispersive wave formation. We further examine the locking of the repetition rate to an external ultrastable photonic oscillator to illustrate the feasibility of phase noise suppression below the thermorefractive noise limits of microresonator frequency combs.
    frep=12π[D1+D2D1Ω(Δ)],

    View in Article

    Sfrepϕ=β2Sδf,p+α2f2SRIN,p+γ2ωp2SAMX+D12STRN+SQ,

    View in Article

    iωρCνδT˜(r,ω)+κ2δT˜(r,ω)=iωT0δS˜(r,ω),(B1)

    View in Article

    STRN=Sδωω=2WdissπF02coth(ω2kBT).(B2)

    View in Article

    SAMX=STRN1+STRN22RSTRN1STRN2,(B3)

    View in Article

    Alwaleed Aldhafeeri, Hsiao-Hsuan Chin, Tristan Melton, Dong IL Lee, Allen Chu, Wenting Wang, Mingbin Yu, Patrick Guo-Qiang Lo, Dim-Lee Kwong, Chee Wei Wong, "Low phase noise K-band signal generation using polarization diverse single-soliton integrated microcombs," Photonics Res. 12, 1175 (2024)
    Download Citation