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physics.optics2026

Dispersion-managed octave soliton microcombs in heterostructured microresonators

Xinghong Li, Wenxin Zhang, Yiyang Lu +5

Controlling group velocity dispersion is of fundamental importance in ultrafast optics, particularly for supercontinuum generation and optical frequency comb synthesis. However, th…

physics.optics2025

Frequency-comb-steered ultrawideband quasi-true-time-delay beamformer for integrated sensing and communication

Mian Wang, Wenxin Zhang, Zeyu Ren +3

Phased array antennas (PAAs) possessing broadband beamforming capabilities are crucial for advanced radar and wireless communication systems. Nevertheless, traditional phase-shifte…

physics.optics2021★ 55 cited

Dispersion-less Kerr solitons in spectrally confined optical cavities

Xiaoxiao Xue, Philippe Grelu, Bofan Yang +4

Solitons are self-reinforcing localized wave packets arising from a balance of linear and nonlinear effects. This definition encompasses the interplay of nonlinear gain and loss, l…

physics.optics2018★ 230 cited

Super-efficient temporal solitons in mutually coupled optical cavities

Xiaoxiao Xue, Xiaoping Zheng, Bingkun Zhou

A coherently driven Kerr optical cavity is able to convert a continuous-wave laser to a sequence of ultrashort soliton pulses, enabling the generation of broadband and mode-locked…

physics.optics2018

Soliton regulation in microcavities induced by fundamental-second-harmonic mode coupling

Xiaoxiao Xue, Xiaoping Zheng, Bingkun Zhou

Microcomb generation with simultaneous and nonlinearities brings new possibilities for ultra-broadband and potentially self-referenced integrated comb sources.…

physics.optics2017★ 19 cited

Soliton trapping and comb self-referencing in a single microresonator with and nonlinearities

Xiaoxiao Xue, Xiaoping Zheng, Andrew M. Weiner

A shaped doublet pump pulse is proposed for simultaneous octave-spanning soliton Kerr frequency comb generation and second-harmonic conversion in a single microresonator. The tempo…

physics.optics2016★ 276 cited

Microresonator Kerr frequency combs with high conversion efficiency

Xiaoxiao Xue, Pei-Hsun Wang, Yi Xuan +2

Microresonator-based Kerr frequency comb (microcomb) generation can potentially revolutionize a variety of applications ranging from telecommunications to optical frequency synthes…

physics.optics2016★ 198 cited

Frequency Comb Generation in 300 nm Thick SiN Concentric-Racetrack-Resonators: Overcoming the Material Dispersion Limit

Sangsik Kim, Kyunghun Han, Cong Wang +7

Kerr nonlinearity based frequency combs and solitons have been generated from on-chip optical microresonators with high quality factors and global or local anomalous dispersion. Ho…

physics.optics2016★ 128 cited

Second-harmonic assisted four-wave mixing in chip-based microresonator frequency comb generation

Xiaoxiao Xue, François Leo, Yi Xuan +6

Simultaneous Kerr comb formation and second-harmonic generation with on-chip microresonators can greatly facilitate comb self-referencing for optical clocks and frequency metrology…

physics.optics2016★ 11 cited

Intracavity characterization of micro-comb generation in the single-soliton regime

Pei-Hsun Wang, Jose A. Jaramillo-Villegas, Yi Xuan +5

Soliton formation in on-chip micro-comb generation balances cavity dispersion and nonlinearity and allows coherent, low-noise comb operation. We study the intracavity waveform of a…

physics.optics2015★ 254 cited

Normal-dispersion Microcombs Enabled by Controllable Mode Interactions

Xiaoxiao Xue, Yi Xuan, Pei-Hsun Wang +4

We demonstrate a scheme incorporating dual coupled microresonators through which mode interactions are intentionally introduced and controlled for Kerr frequency comb (microcomb) g…

physics.optics2015★ 56 cited

Deterministic single soliton generation and compression in microring resonators avoiding the chaotic region

Jose A. Jaramillo-Villegas, Xiaoxiao Xue, Pei-Hsun Wang +2

A path within the parameter space of detuning and pump power is demonstrated in order to obtain a single cavity soliton (CS) with certainty in SiN microring resonators in the anoma…

physics.optics2014★ 1 cited

Retrieving the Complex Intracavity Pump Field of a Kerr Comb from the Through Port Data

Xiaoxiao Xue, Yi Xuan, Yang Liu +6

A method of retrieving the complex intracavity pump field from the through port is proposed, and verified through characterizing the time-domain waveform of a mode-locked comb rela…

physics.optics2014

Investigation of Mode Coupling in Normal Dispersion Silicon Nitride Microresonators for Kerr Frequency Comb Generation

Yang Liu, Yi Xuan, Xiaoxiao Xue +7

Kerr frequency combs generated from microresonators are the subject of intense study. Most research employs microresonators with anomalous dispersion, for which modulation instabil…

physics.optics2014★ 763 cited

Mode interaction aided excitation of dark solitons in microresonators constructed of normal dispersion waveguides

Xiaoxiao Xue, Yi Xuan, Yang Liu +6

Kerr frequency combs from microresonators are now extensively investigated as a potentially portable technology for a variety of applications. Most studies employ anomalous dispers…

physics.optics2014★ 4 cited

Investigation of Mode Interaction in Optical Microresonators for Kerr Frequency Comb Generation

Yang Liu, Yi Xuan, Xiaoxiao Xue +5

Mode interaction in silicon nitride micro-resonators is investigated. We provide clear experimental evidence of mode interaction between two family modes and mode interaction is de…

physics.optics2014

Tunable Frequency Comb Generation from a Microring with a Thermal Heater

Xiaoxiao Xue, Yi Xuan, Pei-Hsun Wang +4

We demonstrate a novel comb tuning method for microresonator-based Kerr comb generators. Continuously tunable, low-noise, and coherent comb generation is achieved in a CMOS-compati…

physics.optics2014

Coherent Frequency Comb Generation in a Silicon Nitride Microresonator with Anomalous Dispersion

Pei-Hsun Wang, Yi Xuan, Jian Wang +4

We observe a transition to a coherent-comb state in a SiN-microresonator with anomalous dispersion. Although ~300 fs pulse trains are generated after line-by-line shaping, the inte…