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Breathing dissipative solitons in optical microresonators

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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
    M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University)

  • T. J. Kippenberg

    (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))

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.

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  • E. Lucas & M. Karpov & H. Guo & M. L. Gorodetsky & T. J. Kippenberg, 2017. "Breathing dissipative solitons in optical microresonators," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-11, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-017-00719-w
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00719-w
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