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18 papers

physics.optics2026

All-optical Synchronization of Breather Solitons in a Kerr Microresonator

Wang Liao, Stuart G. Murdoch, Stephane Coen +3

Microresonator Kerr solitons are promising candidates for the realization of miniaturized on-chip optical frequency combs. For specific system parameters, these solitons are associ…

physics.optics2026

Single-Shot Realization of 10000-Mode Octave-Spanning Artificial Gauge Fields

Lida Xu, Apurva Padhye, Supratik Sarkar +6

Artificial gauge fields (AGFs) enable photons and other bosons to emulate fermionic phenomena such as chiral edge transport and quantum Hall phases; however, existing theories and…

physics.optics2026

Broadband Chromatic Dispersion of Thermo-refractive Coefficients and its Impact in Silicon Nitride Nonlinear Photonics

Shao-Chien Ou, Gregory Moille, Kartik Srinivasan

The thermo-refractive effect is a cornerstone of frequency and phase tuning in photonic integrated circuits. In particular, it enables control of phase-matching for integrated nonl…

physics.optics2026

Dissipative Kerr Soliton Self-Balancing from Kerr-Induced Synchronization

Pradyoth Shandilya, Kartik Srinivasan, Curtis R. Menyuk +1

Integrated frequency comb sources are a key enabling technology for frequency metrology applications. Their on-chip integration promises to bring metrology capacity outside of the…

physics.optics2026

Universal Bright-Bright Integrated Soliton Molecule via Parametric Binding

Pradyoth Shandilya, Shao-Chien Ou, Alioune Niang +4

Dissipative Kerr solitons (DKSs) have emerged as the preferred solution for on-chip integrated optical frequency comb (OFC) generation in metrology. A multi-pumped DKS enables eith…

physics.optics2026

Self-aligned optical microcomb emerging between octave separated lasers

Grégory Moille, Pradyoth Shandilya, Jordan Stone +11

Optical frequency combs (OFCs) are frequency rulers essential for precision metrology, next generation navigation, and testing of fundamental physics. Despite intense efforts, chip…