Reversible generation of dissipative Kerr solitons in a microresonator by the backward tuning method

Jihui Zheng; Lingman Ni; Wanghang Gu; Linhua Jia; Yurun Zhai; Qiong Niu; Fumin Zhang; Xinghua Qu

doi:10.3788/COL202422.071403

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 7, 071403(2024)

Reversible generation of dissipative Kerr solitons in a microresonator by the backward tuning method

Jihui Zheng^1,2, Lingman Ni², Wanghang Gu², Linhua Jia², Yurun Zhai², Qiong Niu², Fumin Zhang^2、*, and Xinghua Qu²

¹Advanced Photonic Technology Laboratory, College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Microelectronics, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China

²State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China

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Jihui Zheng, Lingman Ni, Wanghang Gu, Linhua Jia, Yurun Zhai, Qiong Niu, Fumin Zhang, Xinghua Qu, "Reversible generation of dissipative Kerr solitons in a microresonator by the backward tuning method," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 071403 (2024)

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

Received: Jan. 23, 2024

Accepted: Mar. 29, 2024

Published Online: May. 24, 2024

The Author Email: Fumin Zhang (zhangfumin@tju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.071403

CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.071403

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