Title :
Parametric soliton formation in narrow-band laser-gain driven microresonators
Author :
Wen, Y. Henry ; Lamont, Michael R. E. ; Gaeta, Alexander L.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We investigate comb formation in laser-gain driven microresonators for various gain bandwidths and show that broadband cavity solitons exist for gain as narrow as one cavity mode, in close correspondence to parametric frequency combs.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; optical frequency combs; optical solitons; broadband cavity solitons; cavity mode; comb formation; gain bandwidth; narrow-band laser-gain driven microresonators; parametric frequency combs; parametric soliton formation; Bandwidth; Cavity resonators; Gain; Microcavities; Nonlinear optics; Optical waveguides; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
