Abstract

We analyze a mode-locked regime in Kerr frequency combs generated in nonlinear microresonators. Using damped driven nonlinear Schrödinger equations we show that the combs can produce subpicosecond optical pulses when the resonators are characterized with a small enough anomalous group velocity dispersion. We provide an analytical solution of the problem for the case of small damping.

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On timing jitter of mode locked Kerr frequency combs

Andrey B. Matsko and Lute Maleki
Opt. Express 21(23) 28862-28876 (2013)

Normal group-velocity dispersion Kerr frequency comb

A. B. Matsko, A. A. Savchenkov, and L. Maleki
Opt. Lett. 37(1) 43-45 (2012)

On the robustness of phase locking in Kerr optical frequency combs

Aurélien Coillet and Yanne Chembo
Opt. Lett. 39(6) 1529-1532 (2014)

Nonlinear conversion efficiency in Kerr frequency comb generation

Changjing Bao, Lin Zhang, Andrey Matsko, Yan Yan, Zhe Zhao, Guodong Xie, Anuradha M. Agarwal, Lionel C. Kimerling, Jurgen Michel, Lute Maleki, and Alan E. Willner
Opt. Lett. 39(21) 6126-6129 (2014)

Stabilization of a Kerr frequency comb oscillator

A. A. Savchenkov, D. Eliyahu, W. Liang, V. S. Ilchenko, J. Byrd, A. B. Matsko, D. Seidel, and L. Maleki
Opt. Lett. 38(15) 2636-2639 (2013)