Breathing dissipative solitons in optical microresonators

E. Lucas, M. Karpov, H. Guo, M. L. Gorodetsky and T. J. Kippenberg ()
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E. Lucas: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
M. Karpov: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
H. Guo: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
M. L. Gorodetsky: Russian Quantum Centre
T. J. Kippenberg: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Nature Communications, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract Dissipative solitons are self-localised structures resulting from the double balance of dispersion by nonlinearity and dissipation by a driving force arising in numerous systems. In Kerr-nonlinear optical resonators, temporal solitons permit the formation of light pulses in the cavity and the generation of coherent optical frequency combs. Apart from shape-invariant stationary solitons, these systems can support breathing dissipative solitons exhibiting a periodic oscillatory behaviour. Here, we generate and study single and multiple breathing solitons in coherently driven microresonators. We present a deterministic route to induce soliton breathing, allowing a detailed exploration of the breathing dynamics in two microresonator platforms. We measure the relation between the breathing frequency and two control parameters—pump laser power and effective-detuning—and observe transitions to higher periodicity, irregular oscillations and switching, in agreement with numerical predictions. Using a fast detection, we directly observe the spatiotemporal dynamics of individual solitons, which provides evidence of breather synchronisation.

Date: 2017
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