Bandwidth and Conversion-Efficiency Analysis of Kerr Soliton Combs in Dual-Pumped Resonators with Anomalous Dispersion

Abstract

Kerr frequency combs generated in high-Q microresonators offer an immense potential in many applications, and predicting and quantifying their behavior, performance and stability is key to systematic device design. Based on an extension of the Lugiato-Lefever equation we investigate in this paper the perspectives of changing the pump scheme from the well-understood monochromatic pump to a dual-tone configuration simultaneously pumping two modes. For the case of anomalous dispersion we give a detailed study of the optimal choices of detuning offsets and division of total pump power between the two modes in order to optimize single-soliton comb states with respect to performance metrics like power conversion efficiency and bandwidth. Our approach allows also to quantify the performance metrics of the optimal single-soliton comb states and determine their trends over a wide range of technically relevant parameters.

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