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20152021
most citedMicroresonator Soliton Dual-Comb Spectroscopy

1k citations · 1.8k across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

physics.optics2021★ 90 cited

Probing material absorption and optical nonlinearity of integrated photonic materials

Maodong Gao, Qi-Fan Yang, Qing-Xin Ji +12

Optical microresonators with high quality () factors are essential to a wide range of integrated photonic devices. Steady efforts have been directed towards increasing microreso…

physics.optics2020★ 583 cited

Hertz-linewidth semiconductor lasers using CMOS-ready ultra-high- microresonators

Warren Jin, Qi-Fan Yang, Lin Chang +8

Driven by narrow-linewidth bench-top lasers, coherent optical systems spanning optical communications, metrology and sensing provide unrivalled performance. To transfer these capab…

physics.optics2020★ 60 cited

Quantum diffusion of microcavity solitons

Chengying Bao, Myoung-Gyun Suh, Boqiang Shen +9

Coherently-pumped (Kerr) solitons in an ideal optical microcavity are expected to undergo random quantum motion that determines fundamental performance limits in applications of so…

physics.optics2017★ 32 cited

Micro-resonator soliton generated directly with a diode laser

Nicolas Volet, Xu Yi, Qi-Fan Yang +5

An external-cavity diode laser is reported with ultralow noise, high power coupled to a fiber, and fast tunability. These characteristics enable the generation of an optical freque…

physics.optics2017★ 48 cited

The Phonon-Limited-Linewidth of Brillouin Lasers at Cryogenic Temperatures

Myoung-Gyun Suh, Qi-Fan Yang, Kerry Vahala

Laser linewidth is of central importance in spectroscopy, frequency metrology and all applications of lasers requiring high coherence. It is also of fundamental importance, because…

physics.optics2016★ 1k cited

Microresonator Soliton Dual-Comb Spectroscopy

Myoung-Gyun Suh, Qi-Fan Yang, Ki Youl Yang +2

Rapid characterization of optical and vibrational spectra with high resolution can identify species in cluttered environments and is important for assays and early alerts. In this…

physics.optics2016★ 2 cited

Spatial-mode-interaction-induced dispersive-waves and their active tuning in microresonators

Qi-Fan Yang, Xu Yi, Ki Youl Yang +1

The nonlinear propagation of optical pulses in dielectric waveguides and resonators provides a laboratory to investigate a wide range of remarkable interactions. Many of the result…

physics.optics2015★ 2 cited

Generation of high-stability solitons at microwave rates on a silicon chip

Xu Yi, Qi-Fan Yang, Ki Youl Yang +2

Because they coherently link radio/microwave-rate electrical signals with optical-rate signals derived from lasers and atomic transitions, frequency combs are having a remarkably b…