Narrow linewidth lasing and soliton Kerr-microcombs with ordinary laser diodes

Abstract

Narrow linewidth lasers and optical frequency combs generated with mode-locked lasers revolutionized optical frequency metrology. The advent of soliton Kerr frequency combs in compact crystalline or integrated ring optical microresonators opens new horizons for applications. These combs, as was naturally assumed, however, require narrow-linewidth single-frequency pump lasers. We demonstrate that a regular multi-frequency Fabry-Perot laser diode self-injection locked to an optical whispering gallery mode (WGM) microresonator can be first efficiently transformed to a single-frequency ultra-narrow-linewidth source and then to coherent soliton comb oscillator with low power consumption and possibility of further integration.

8 pages, 3 figures

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