中国科学:物理学 力学 天文学(英文版)2024,Vol.67Issue(3) :88-94.DOI:10.1007/s11433-023-2288-y

Breaking the efficiency limitations of dissipative Kerr solitons using nonlinear couplers

Ming Li Xiao-Xiao Xue Yan-Lei Zhang Xin-Biao Xu Chun-Hua Dong Guang-Can Guo Chang-Ling Zou
中国科学:物理学 力学 天文学(英文版)2024,Vol.67Issue(3) :88-94.DOI:10.1007/s11433-023-2288-y

Breaking the efficiency limitations of dissipative Kerr solitons using nonlinear couplers

Ming Li 1Xiao-Xiao Xue 2Yan-Lei Zhang 1Xin-Biao Xu 1Chun-Hua Dong 1Guang-Can Guo 1Chang-Ling Zou1
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作者信息

  • 1. CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information,University of Science and Technology of China,Hefei 230026,China;CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics,University of Science and Technology of China,Hefei 230026,China
  • 2. Department of Electronic Engineering,Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology,Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084,China
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Abstract

Dissipative Kerr solitons(DKS)have long been suffering from poor power conversion efficiency when driven by continuous-wave lasers.By deriving the critical coupling condition of a multimode nonlinear optics system in a generalized theoretical framework,two efficiency limitations of the conventional pump method of DKS are revealed:the effective coupling rate is too small and is also power-dependent.A general approach is provided to resolve this challenge by introducing two types of nonlinear cou-plers to couple the soliton cavity and CW input through nonlinear processes.The collective coupler opens multiple coupling channels and the self-adaptive coupler builds a power-independent effective external coupling rate to the DKS for approaching the generalized critical coupling condition,which promises near-unity power conversion efficiencies.For instance,a conversion efficiency exceeding 90%is predicted for aluminum nitride microrings with a nonlinear coupler utilizing second-harmonic gener-ation.The mechanism applies to various nonlinear processes,including Raman and Brillouin scattering,and thus paves the way for micro-solitons toward practical applications.

Key words

Kerr frequency comb/conversion efficiency/nonlinear coupler

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基金项目

国家自然科学基金(11934012)

国家自然科学基金(12293053)

国家自然科学基金(12374361)

国家自然科学基金(11904316)

国家自然科学基金(61690192)

国家自然科学基金(U21A20433)

国家自然科学基金(12104441)

国家自然科学基金(12293052)

国家自然科学基金(U21A6006)

安徽省自然科学基金(2008085QA34)

安徽省自然科学基金(2108085MA22)

Major Scientific Project of Zhejiang Laboratory(2020LC0AD01)

中央高校基本科研业务费专项()

University of Science and Technology of China(USTC)Research Funds of the Double First-Class Initiative()

Supercomputing System in the Supercomputing Center of USTC()

USTC Center for Micro and Nanoscale Research and Fabrication()

出版年

2024
中国科学:物理学 力学 天文学(英文版)
中国科学院

中国科学:物理学 力学 天文学(英文版)

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ISSN:1674-7348
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