Third-order chromatic dispersion stabilizes Kerr frequency combs

Optics Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2971-2974

  Parra Rivas, Pedro ^a,b   Gomila, Damià ^b   Leo, François ^c   Coen, Stéphane ^d   Gelens, Lendert ^a,e  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIC DISPERSION;

CAVITY SOLITONS; CHAOTIC INSTABILITY; FIBER RESONATOR; FREQUENCY COMBS; MICRO RESONATORS; MULTIPLE CAVITIES; PARAMETER SPACES; THIRD ORDER DISPERSION;

SOLITONS;

ARTIFACT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84901024579     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.39.002971     Document Type: Article

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