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Microwave Photonics Systems Based on Whispering-gallery-mode Resonators
Published on: August 5, 2013
Universal scaling laws of Kerr frequency combs
Stéphane Coen1, Miro Erkintalo
1Physics Department, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. s.coen@auckland.ac.nz
Abstract:
Using the known solutions of the Lugiato-Lefever equation, we derive universal trends of Kerr frequency combs. In particular, normalized properties of temporal cavity soliton solutions lead us to a simple analytic estimate of the maximum attainable bandwidth for given pump resonator parameters. The result is validated via comparison with past experiments encompassing a diverse range of resonator configurations and parameters.
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