Soliton breathing induced by stimulated Raman scattering and self-steepening in octave-spanning Kerr frequency comb generation

Chengying Bao; Lin Zhang; Lionel C Kimerling; Jurgen Michel; Changxi Yang

doi:10.1364/OE.23.018665

Soliton breathing induced by stimulated Raman scattering and self-steepening in octave-spanning Kerr frequency comb generation

Opt Express. 2015 Jul 13;23(14):18665-70. doi: 10.1364/OE.23.018665.

Authors

Chengying Bao, Lin Zhang, Lionel C Kimerling, Jurgen Michel, Changxi Yang

PMID: 26191925
DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.018665

Abstract

We investigate the impact of stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) and self-steepening (SS) on breather soliton dynamics in octave-spanning Kerr frequency comb generation. SRS and SS can transform chaotic fluctuations in cavity solitons into periodic breathing. Furthermore, with SRS and SS considered, bandwidth of the soliton breathes more than two times stronger. The simultaneous presence of SRS and SS also make the soliton breathe slower and degrades the coherence of the soliton.