Title :
Enhanced self-frequency shift of cavity soliton in mode-locked octave-spanning frequency comb generation
Author :
Lin Zhang ; Qiang Lin ; Agarwal, Abhishek ; Kimerling, Lionel C. ; Michel, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We show a significant self-frequency shift of ultrafast cavity solitons associated with Kerr frequency combs in a dispersion-flattened nonlinear cavity. Dispersion induces a frequency shift up to 20% of the pump frequency.
Keywords :
optical Kerr effect; optical dispersion; optical frequency combs; optical pumping; optical solitons; Kerr frequency comb; dispersion-flattened nonlinear cavity; mode-locked octave-spanning frequency comb generation; pump frequency; self-frequency shift; ultrafast cavity solitons; Cavity resonators; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical waveguides; Optics; Resonant frequency; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
