Hyperbolic resonant radiation of concomitant microcombs induced by cross-phase modulation

A high-quality optical microcavity can enhance optical nonlinear effects by resonant recirculation,which provides a reliable platform for nonlinear optics research.When a soliton microcomb and a probe optical field are coexisting in a micro-resonator,a concomitant microcomb(CMC)induced by cross-phase modulation(XPM)will be formed synchronously.Here,we characterize the CMC comprehensively in a micro-resonator through theory,numerical simulation,and experimental verification.It is found that the CMCs spectra are modulated due to resonant radiation(RR)resulting from the interaction of dispersion and XPM effects.The group velocity dispersion induces symmetric RRs on the CMC,which leads to a symmetric spectral envelope and a dual-peak pulse in frequency and temporal domains,respectively,while the group velocity mismatch breaks the symmetry of RRs and leads to asymmetric spectral and temporal profiles.When the group velocity is linearly varying with frequency,two RR frequencies are hyperbolically distributed about the pump,and the probe light acts as one of the asymptotic lines.Our results enrich the CMC dynamics and guide microcomb design and applications such as spectral extension and dark pulse generation.

Program-controlled single soliton microcomb source

Soliton microcombs(SMCs)are spontaneously formed in a coherently pumped high-quality microresonator,which provides a new tool for use as an on-chip frequency comb for applications of high-precision metrology and spectroscopy.However,generation of SMCs seriously relies on advanced experimental techniques from professional scientists.Here,we experimentally demonstrate a program-controlled single SMC source where the intracavity thermal effect is timely balanced using an auxiliary laser during single SMC generation.The microcomb power is adopted as the criteria for microcomb states discrimination and a forward and backward thermal tuning technique is employed for the deterministic single SMC generation.Further,based on a closed-loop control system,the repetition rate stability of the SMC source improved more than 20 times and the pump frequency can be continuously tuned by simply changing the operation temperature.The reliability of the SMC source is verified by consecutive 200 generation trials and maintaining over 10 h.We believe the proposed SMC source will have significant promising influences in future SMC-based application development.

Terabit FSO communication based on a soliton microcomb

Free-space optical(FSO)communication technology is a promising approach to establish a secure wireless link,which has the advantages of excellent directionality,large bandwidth,multiple services,low mass and less power requirements,and easy and fast deployments.Increasing the communication capacity is the perennial goal in both scientific and engineer communities.In this paper,we experimentally demonstrate a Tbit/s parallel FSO communication system using a soliton microcomb as a multiple wavelength laser source.Two communication terminals are installed in two buildings with a straight-line distance of~1 km.102 comb lines are modulated by10 Gbit/s differential phase-shift keying signals and demodulated using a delay-line interferometer.When the transmitted optical power is amplified to 19.8 dBm,42 optical channels have optical signal-to-noise ratios higher than 27 dB and bit error rates less than 1×10^(-9).Our experiment shows the feasibility of a wavelength-division multiplexing FSO communication system which suits the ultra-high-speed wireless transmission application scenarios in future satellite-based communications,disaster recovery,defense,last mile problems in networks and remote sensing,and so on.

Scanning dual-microcomb spectroscopy

Dual-comb spectroscopy(DCS) is a powerful tool in molecular spectroscopy benefiting from the advantages of high resolution and short measurement time. The recently developed soliton microcomb(SMC) can potentially transfer the dual-comb method to an on-chip platform. In this paper, we demonstrate DCS using two frequency scanning SMCs, termed scanning dual-microcomb spectroscopy(SDMCS). The two SMCs are generated by an auxiliary-assisted thermal balance scheme, and the pump laser frequency sweeps over one free spectral range of the microresonator(~49 GHz) using a feedback control system. The proposed SDMCS has a spectral resolution of 12.5 MHz, which is determined by the minimum sweeping step of the pump laser. Using this SDMCS system, we perform three types of gas molecule absorption spectroscopy recognition and gas concentration detection.This study paves the way for integrated DCS with a high signal-to-noise ratio, high spectral resolution, and fast acquisition rate.