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¹School of Physics, CRANN, AMBER, and CONNECT, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.

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Area of Science:

Nonlinear optics
Microresonator optics
Quantum optics

Background:

Dissipative solitons and optical frequency combs are crucial for applications like optical communications and spectroscopy.
Existing methods using degenerate optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) lack tunability.
Nondegenerate OPOs offer enhanced tunability but haven't been fully explored for soliton generation.

Purpose of the Study:

To demonstrate a proof-of-principle for solitons in a nondegenerate OPO system.
To investigate hyperparametric solitons in a silicon-nitride microresonator.
To explore the properties and potential applications of this new soliton family.

Main Methods:

Utilizing a silicon-nitride microresonator with engineered dispersion and optimized coupling.
Pumping a low-Q resonance in the C-band to excite signal soliton combs.
Employing theoretical modeling and experimental investigation.

Main Results:

Excitation of a signal soliton comb centered in the O-band and repetition-rate-locked combs at pump and idler frequencies (beyond 2 μm).
Observation of hyperparametric solitons, a distinct class of dissipative solitons.
Characterization of soliton properties, including parametric background and multisoliton states.

Conclusions:

The demonstrated nondegenerate OPO system enables the generation of tunable optical frequency combs.
Hyperparametric solitons represent a novel platform for advanced optical applications.
This work paves the way for new soliton families with unique spectral properties.