Symmetry broken vectorial Kerr frequency combs from Fabry-Pérot resonators

Hill L, Hirmer EM, Campbell G, Bi T, Ghosh A, Del’Haye P, Oppo GL (2024)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2024

Journal

Communications Physics Springer Nature

Book Volume: 7

Article Number: 82

Journal Issue: 1

DOI: 10.1038/s42005-024-01566-0

Abstract

Spontaneous symmetry breaking of a pair of vector temporal cavity solitons has been established as a paradigm to modulate optical frequency combs, and finds many applications in metrology, frequency standards, communications, and photonic devices. While this phenomenon has successfully been observed in Kerr ring resonators, the counterpart exploiting linear Fabry-Pérot cavities is still unexplored. Here, we consider field polarization properties and describe a vector comb generation through the spontaneous symmetry breaking of temporal cavity solitons within coherently driven, passive, Fabry-Pérot cavities with Kerr nonlinearity. Global coupling effects due to the interactions of counter-propagating light restrict the maximum number of soliton pairs within the cavity - even down to a single soliton pair - and force long range polarization conformity in trains of vector solitons.

Involved external institutions

Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts (MPL) / Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light DE Germany (DE) University of Strathclyde GB United Kingdom (GB)

How to cite

APA:

Hill, L., Hirmer, E.M., Campbell, G., Bi, T., Ghosh, A., Del’Haye, P., & Oppo, G.L. (2024). Symmetry broken vectorial Kerr frequency combs from Fabry-Pérot resonators. Communications Physics, 7(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42005-024-01566-0

MLA:

Hill, Lewis, et al. "Symmetry broken vectorial Kerr frequency combs from Fabry-Pérot resonators." Communications Physics 7.1 (2024).

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