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most citedDynamics of the Modulational Instability in Microresonator Frequency Combs

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19 papers

physics.optics2022

Modeling of dual frequency combs and bistable solitons in third-harmonic generation

T. Hansson, P. Parra-Rivas, S. Wabnitz

Phase-matching of the third-harmonic generation process can be used to extend the emission of radiation from Kerr microresonators into new spectral regions far from the pump wavele…

physics.optics2021

Efficient Kerr soliton comb generation in micro-resonator with interferometric back-coupling

J. M. Chavez Boggio, D. Bodenmüller, S. Ahmed +3

Nonlinear Kerr micro-resonators have enabled fundamental breakthroughs in the understanding of dissipative solitons, as well as in their application to optical frequency comb gener…

nlin.PS2020★ 16 cited

Localized structures formed through domain wall locking in cavity-enhanced second-harmonic generation

C. Mas Arabí, P. Parra-Rivas, T. Hansson +3

We analyze the formation of localized structures in cavity-enhanced second-harmonic generation. We focus on the phase-matched limit, and consider that fundamental and generated wav…

physics.optics2020★ 76 cited

Nonlinear beam self-imaging and self-focusing dynamics in a GRIN multimode optical fiber: theory and experiments

Tobias Hansson, Alessandro Tonello, Tigran Mansuryan +7

Beam self-imaging in nonlinear graded-index multimode optical fibers is of interest for many applications, such as implementing a fast saturable absorber mechanism in fiber lasers…

physics.optics2020★ 39 cited

Optical frequency combs in quadratically nonlinear resonators

I. Ricciardi, S. Mosca, M. Parisi +7

Optical frequency combs are one of the most remarkable inventions of the last decades. Originally conceived as the spectral counterpart of the train of short pulses emitted by mode…

physics.optics2020★ 1 cited

On-chip self-referencing using integrated lithium niobate waveguides

Yoshitomo Okawachi, Mengjie Yu, Boris Desiatov +4

The measurement and stabilization of the carrier-envelope offset frequency via self-referencing is paramount for optical frequency comb generation which has revo…

physics.optics2019★ 40 cited

Frequency comb generation through the locking of domain walls in doubly resonant dispersive optical parametric oscillators

P. Parra-Rivas, L. Gelens, T. Hansson +2

In this letter we theoretically investigate the formation of localized temporal dissipative structures, and their corresponding frequency combs in doubly resonant dispersive optica…

physics.optics2019

Optical force-induced nonlinearity and self-guiding of light in human red blood cell suspensions

Rekha Gautam, Yinxiao Xiang, Josh Lamstein +12

Osmotic conditions play an important role in the cell properties of human red blood cells (RBCs), which are crucial for the pathological analysis of some blood diseases such as mal…

physics.optics2018★ 59 cited

Quadratic Soliton Combs in Doubly-Resonant Second-Harmonic Generation

T. Hansson, P. Parra-Rivas, M. Bernard +3

We report a theoretical investigation of quadratic frequency combs in a dispersive second-harmonic generation cavity system. We identify different dynamical regimes and demonstrate…

physics.optics2018★ 33 cited

Modulational instability of nonlinear polarization mode coupling in microresonators

T. Hansson, M. Bernard, S. Wabnitz

We investigate frequency comb generation in the presence of polarization effects induced by nonlinear mode coupling in microresonator devices. A set of coupled temporal Lugiato-Lef…

physics.optics2017★ 120 cited

Modulation Instability Induced Frequency Comb Generation in a Continuously Pumped Optical Parametric Oscillator

S. Mosca, M. Parisi, I. Ricciardi +7

Continuously pumped passive nonlinear cavities can be harnessed for the creation of novel optical frequency combs. While most research has focused on third-order "Kerr" nonlinear i…

physics.optics2016★ 87 cited

Frequency comb formation in doubly resonant second-harmonic generation

F. Leo, T. Hansson, I. Ricciardi +4

We theoretically study the generation of optical frequency combs and corresponding pulse trains in doubly resonant intracavity second-harmonic generation (SHG). We find that, despi…

physics.optics2016★ 43 cited

Single envelope equation modelling of multi-octave comb arrays in microresonators with quadratic and cubic nonlinearity

T. Hansson, F. Leo, M. Erkintalo +5

We numerically study, by means of the single envelope equation, the generation of optical frequency combs ranging from the visible to the mid-infrared spectral regions in resonator…

physics.optics2015★ 132 cited

Walk-off-induced modulation instability, temporal pattern formation, and frequency comb generation in cavity-enhanced second-harmonic generation

F. Leo, T. Hansson, I. Ricciardi +4

We derive a time-domain mean-field equation to model the full temporal and spectral dynamics of light in singly resonant cavity-enhanced second-harmonic generation systems. We show…

physics.optics2015★ 98 cited

Frequency comb generation beyond the Lugiato-Lefever equation: multi-stability and super cavity solitons

Tobias Hansson, Stefan Wabnitz

The generation of optical frequency combs in microresonators is considered without resorting to the mean-field approximation. New dynamical regimes are found to appear for high int…

physics.optics2014★ 48 cited

Mid-Infrared Soliton and Raman Frequency Comb Generation in Silicon Microrings

Tobias Hansson, Daniele Modotto, Stefan Wabnitz

We numerically study the mechanisms of frequency comb generation in the mid-infrared spectral region from cw pumped silicon microring resonators. Coherent soliton comb generation m…

physics.optics2014★ 119 cited

Dual pumped microresonator frequency combs

T. Hansson, S. Wabnitz

A study is made of the nonlinear dynamics of dual pumped microresonator Kerr frequency combs described by a driven and damped nonlinear Schrödinger equation, with an additional deg…

physics.optics2013★ 104 cited

On the numerical simulation of Kerr frequency combs using coupled mode equations

T. Hansson, D. Modotto, S. Wabnitz

It is demonstrated that Kerr frequency comb generation described by coupled mode equations can be numerically simulated using Fast Fourier Transform methods. This allows broadband…

physics.optics2013★ 151 cited

Dynamics of the Modulational Instability in Microresonator Frequency Combs

T. Hansson, D. Modotto, S. Wabnitz

A study is made of frequency comb generation described by the driven and damped nonlinear Schrödinger equation on a finite interval. It is shown that frequency comb generation can…