Submilliwatt, widely tunable coherent microcomb generation with feedback-free operation

Haowen Shu; Lin Chang; Chenghao Lao; Bitao Shen; Weiqiang Xie; Xuguang Zhang; Ming Jin; Yuansheng Tao; Ruixuan Chen; Zihan Tao; Huajin Chang; Shaohua Yu; Qifan Yang; Xingjun Wang; John E. Bowers

doi:10.1117/1.AP.5.3.036007

Advanced Photonics, Volume. 5, Issue 3, 036007(2023)

Submilliwatt, widely tunable coherent microcomb generation with feedback-free operation

Haowen Shu^1、†, Lin Chang², Chenghao Lao³, Bitao Shen¹, Weiqiang Xie², Xuguang Zhang¹, Ming Jin¹, Yuansheng Tao¹, Ruixuan Chen¹, Zihan Tao¹, Huajin Chang¹, Shaohua Yu^1,4, Qifan Yang^3,5, Xingjun Wang^1,4,5、*, and John E. Bowers^2、*

Author Affiliations

¹Peking University, School of Electronics, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Beijing, China

²University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Santa Barbara, California, United States

³Peking University, School of Physics, State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, Beijing, China

⁴Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, China

⁵Peking University, Frontiers Science Center for Nano-Optoelectronics, Beijing, China

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Haowen Shu, Lin Chang, Chenghao Lao, Bitao Shen, Weiqiang Xie, Xuguang Zhang, Ming Jin, Yuansheng Tao, Ruixuan Chen, Zihan Tao, Huajin Chang, Shaohua Yu, Qifan Yang, Xingjun Wang, John E. Bowers, "Submilliwatt, widely tunable coherent microcomb generation with feedback-free operation," Adv. Photon. 5, 036007 (2023)

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Paper Information

Category: Research Articles

Received: Apr. 2, 2023

Accepted: May. 8, 2023

Published Online: Jun. 14, 2023

The Author Email: Wang Xingjun (xjwang@pku.edu.cn), Bowers John E. (bowers@ece.ucsb.edu)

DOI:10.1117/1.AP.5.3.036007

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