Self-starting mode locking soliton comb device
US11016363B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 19, 2019 |
| Grant date | May 25, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 19, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F2203/17
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A self-starting mode locking soliton device includes a first optical port to accept an input coherent light. A second optical port provides an output comb of a plurality of wavelengths. A comb resonator with optical Kerr nonlinearity and anomalous group-velocity dispersion is optically coupled to both of said first optical port and said second optical port. The resonator includes an optical property of a negative nonlinear bistability to enable the self-starting mode locking of a Kerr soliton comb. A method of self-starting mode locking is described. A method of producing the negative nonlinear bistability is also described.
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