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Jorge Palacio Mizrahi¹, Logan Courtright², Pradyoth Shandilya²

¹The Racah Institute of Physics, The <a href="https://ror.org/03qxff017">Hebrew University of Jerusalem</a>, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel.

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Pump modulation stabilizes microresonator Kerr solitons by locking their repetition rate to the modulation frequency. Amplitude modulation with a strong, red-detuned pump offers optimal soliton entrainment, though high modulation frequencies limit effectiveness.

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Area of Science:

Nonlinear optics
Quantum optics
Photonics

Background:

Microresonator frequency combs are a cutting-edge technology.
Kerr solitons are crucial for microresonator frequency comb generation.
Challenges exist in creating, maintaining, and controlling these solitons.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate pump modulation for stabilizing Kerr solitons in microresonators.
To derive the equation of motion for solitons under modulated pump conditions.
To analyze the soliton repetition rate locking to pump modulation frequency.

Main Methods:

Derivation of the soliton equation of motion using synchronization theory.
Analytical and numerical calculations of the locking range width.
Perturbation theory for analyzing locking range dependence on parameters.

Main Results:

Soliton repetition rate locks to modulation frequency within a specific range.
Locking range width depends on pump amplitude, frequency, and modulation phase.
Amplitude-modulated, strong, red-detuned pumps provide optimal entrainment conditions.

Conclusions:

Pump modulation is a viable technique for soliton control in microresonators.
The locking range width is proportional to the square of the modulation frequency.
High radiofrequency (RF) modulation frequencies are limited in their effectiveness for entrainment.