Chaotic dynamics of frequency combs generated with continuously pumped nonlinear microresonatorsA B Matsko
OEwaves Inc, 465 North Halstead Street, Suite 140, Pasadena, California 91107, USA
Opt Lett 38:525-7. 2013
..We discuss practical ways of excitation of a coherent frequency comb and avoiding the chaotic regime...
- On excitation of breather solitons in an optical microresonator
A B Matsko
OEwaves Inc, 465 North Halstead Street, Pasadena, California 91107, USA
Opt Lett 37:4856-8. 2012
..We argue that relatively slow modulation of the comb-frequency harmonics observed in several recent experiments can be attributed to soliton formation...
- Normal group-velocity dispersion Kerr frequency comb
A B Matsko
OEwaves Inc, 2555 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91107, USA
Opt Lett 37:43-5. 2012
..We find the spectral shape of the comb and temporal envelope of the corresponding optical pulses formed in the resonator...
Collective emission and absorption in a linear resonator chainA B Matsko
OEwaves Inc, 2555 East Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107, USA
Opt Express 17:15210-5. 2009
..The spectral bandwidth, the growth of the decay rate, and the intensity are restricted by the dispersion of the waveguides connecting the resonators...
- Optical-RF frequency stability transformer
A B Matsko
OEwaves Inc, 2555 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91107, USA
Opt Lett 36:4527-9. 2011
..The suggested method does not require absolute frequency references...
- Mode-locked Kerr frequency combs
A B Matsko
OEwaves Inc, 2555 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91107, USA
Opt Lett 36:2845-7. 2011
..We provide an analytical solution of the problem for the case of small damping...
- Kerr frequency comb generation in overmoded resonators
A A Savchenkov
OEwaves Inc, Pasadena, CA 91107, USA
Opt Express 20:27290-8. 2012
..We present results of our numerical simulations together with supporting experimental data...
- Generation of near-infrared frequency combs from a MgF₂ whispering gallery mode resonator
W Liang
OEwaves Inc, 2555 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91107, USA
Opt Lett 36:2290-2. 2011
..The high efficiency of comb generation is associated with the small anomalous group velocity dispersion of the resonator. Growth dynamics of the comb is studied and compared with earlier theoretical predictions...
- Passively mode-locked Raman laser
W Liang
OEwaves Inc, 2555 E Colorado Blvd, Ste 400, Pasadena, California 91107, USA
Phys Rev Lett 105:143903. 2010
..Neither the conventional Kerr comb nor hyperparametric oscillation is observed when the comb is present. We present a theoretical explanation of the effect...
- Whispering-gallery-mode-resonator-based ultranarrow linewidth external-cavity semiconductor laser
W Liang
OEwaves Inc, 2555 E Colorado Boulevard, Suite 400, Pasadena, California 91107, USA
Opt Lett 35:2822-4. 2010
..The minimal value of the Allan deviation for the laser-frequency stability is 3 x 10(-12) at the integration time of 20 micros. The laser possesses excellent spectral purity and good long-term stability...
- Second-order optical filter based on a mirrored gradient index lens
W Liang
OEwaves Inc, 2555 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91107, USA
Opt Lett 35:2358-60. 2010
..We show that the filter function can be trimmed by mechanical strain of the lens. Applications of the filter in microwave photonics are discussed...
- Voltage-controlled photonic oscillator
A A Savchenkov
OEwaves Inc, 2555 E Colorado Boulevard, Suite 400, Pasadena, California 91107, USA
Opt Lett 35:1572-4. 2010
..We show that the device is promising for higher-frequency applications where high-performance tunable oscillators with wide tunability do not exist...
- Narrowband tunable photonic notch filter
A A Savchenkov
OEwaves, Inc, 2555 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91107, USA
Opt Lett 34:1318-20. 2009
..5 dB of in-band rejection. The measured rejection value is limited by the finite (3 kHz) linewidth of our laser. We show that the filter can potentially have tunable bandwidth without significant rejection modification...
- Surface acoustic wave opto-mechanical oscillator and frequency comb generator
A A Savchenkov
OEwaves Inc, Pasadena, California 91107, USA
Opt Lett 36:3338-40. 2011
..We visualized the comb by observing the modulation of the light escaping the resonator...
- Optomechanics with surface-acoustic-wave whispering-gallery modes
A B Matsko
OEwaves Inc, 2555 East Colorado Boulevard, Suite 400, Pasadena, California 91107, USA
Phys Rev Lett 103:257403. 2009
..We show that it is possible to realize an externally controllable, efficient triply resonant optomechanical interaction between two optical WGMs and the SAW WGM and to use such an interaction in various sensor applications...
- Tunable optical single-sideband modulator with complete sideband suppression
A A Savchenkov
OEwaves, Inc, 2555 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91107, USA
Opt Lett 34:1300-2. 2009
..The tunability comes from the different response of mode families to either the temperature change or the voltage applied to the resonator...
- Efficient upconversion of subterahertz radiation in a high-Q whispering gallery resonator
D V Strekalov
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109 8099, USA
Opt Lett 34:713-5. 2009
..The 5x10(-3) power conversion efficiency of a cw 100 GHz signal is achieved with only 16 mW of optical pump...
