Normal group-velocity dispersion Kerr frequency comb
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Microwave Photonics Systems Based on Whispering-gallery-mode Resonators
Published on: August 5, 2013
A B Matsko1, A A Savchenkov, L Maleki
1OEwaves Inc., 2555 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91107, USA. andrey.matsko@oewaves.com
Abstract:
We show via numerical simulation that Kerr frequency combs can be generated in a nonlinear resonator characterized with normal group-velocity dispersion. We find the spectral shape of the comb and temporal envelope of the corresponding optical pulses formed in the resonator.
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