Nonlocal bonding of a soliton and a blue-detuned state in a microcomb laser
Laser cavity-solitons can appear in a microresonator-filtered laser when judiciously balancing the slow nonlinearities of the system. Under certain conditions, such optical states can be made to self-emerge and recover spontaneously, and the understanding of their robustness is critical for practical applications. Here, we study the formation of a bonded state comprising a soliton and a blue-detuned continuous wave, whose coexistence is mediated by dispersion in the nonlinear refractive index. Our real-time dispersive Fourier transform measurements, supported by comprehensive theoretical analysis, reveal the presence of an elastic bonding between the two states, resulting in an enhancement of the soliton’s robustness.
Funding
Industrial Pathway to Micro-Comb Lasers
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Find out more...AI-powered micro-comb lasers: a new approach to transfer portable atomic clock accuracy in integrated photonics
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Find out more...UK Canada Quantum Technology Programme Innovate UK (77087)
Temporal Laser cavity-Solitons for micro-resonator based optical frequency combs
European Research Council
Find out more...DSTL (DSTLX1000142078)
Leverhulme Trust (ECF-2020-537 and ECF2022-710)
Smart phoTonic souRces harnEssing Advanced Multidimensional Light optimization towards machIne-learNing-Enhanced imaging
European Research Council
Find out more...Optimized on-demand ultrafast and broadband light sources using machine learning – OPTIMAL
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Find out more...NSERC (Strategic, and Discovery Grants Schemes)
Canada Research Chair
City University of Hong Kong (9610395)
MESI PSR-SIIRI Initiatives in Quebec
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- Science
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- Physics
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Communications PhysicsVolume
6Publisher
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