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Temporal tweezing of light through the trapping and manipulation of temporal cavity solitons

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  • Jae K. Jang

    (The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, The University of Auckland)

  • Miro Erkintalo

    (The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, The University of Auckland)

  • Stéphane Coen

    (The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, The University of Auckland)

  • Stuart G. Murdoch

    (The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, The University of Auckland)

Abstract

Optical tweezers use laser light to trap and move microscopic particles in space. Here we demonstrate a similar control over ultrashort light pulses, but in time. Our experiment involves temporal cavity solitons that are stored in a passive loop of optical fibre pumped by a continuous wave ‘holding’ laser beam. The cavity solitons are trapped into specific time slots through a phase modulation of the holding beam, and moved around in time by manipulating the phase profile. We report both continuous and discrete manipulations of the temporal positions of picosecond light pulses, with the ability to simultaneously and independently control several pulses within a train. We also study the transient drifting dynamics and show complete agreement with theoretical predictions. Our study demonstrates how the unique particle-like characteristics of cavity solitons can be leveraged to achieve unprecedented control over light. These results could have significant ramifications for optical information processing.

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  • Jae K. Jang & Miro Erkintalo & Stéphane Coen & Stuart G. Murdoch, 2015. "Temporal tweezing of light through the trapping and manipulation of temporal cavity solitons," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-7, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms8370
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8370
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    1. Stéphane Coen & Bruno Garbin & Gang Xu & Liam Quinn & Nathan Goldman & Gian-Luca Oppo & Miro Erkintalo & Stuart G. Murdoch & Julien Fatome, 2024. "Nonlinear topological symmetry protection in a dissipative system," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Hossein Taheri & Andrey B. Matsko & Lute Maleki & Krzysztof Sacha, 2022. "All-optical dissipative discrete time crystals," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.

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