Turnkey Deterministic Soliton Crystal Generation
Abstract The deterministic generation of robust soliton combs is of great importance for the applications of optical frequency combs. As a novel form of microcomb, soliton crystals (SCs) have been shown to have advantages of easy generation, high conversion efficiency (CE), and thermal robustness. Here, the turnkey deterministic generation of a “palm‐like” SC is reported with a free‐running scheme. The robustness of turnkey SC generation is systematically examined in multiple aspects, including success rate, thermal robustness, and long‐term stability. The experimental results reveal that our turnkey SC generation achieves nearly 100 success rate and power variations within 1.5 dB over 100 trials of 2 samples. Additionally, this state shows minimal sensitivity to thermal drifts and remains robust under environmental changes during a 4‐hour laboratory test period.
Authors
- Roberto Morandotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7717-1519)
- Bill Corcoran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8653-3999)
- Chawaphon Prayoonyong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-6134)
- Sai T. Chu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8263-8507)
- Xiaotian Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9306-5131)
- Xingyuan Xu
- Donglin Su (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4395-0682)
- Mengxi Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9544-770X)
- Caitlin E. Murray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9802-0922)
- Brent E. Little
- David Moss
- Xinyu Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4716-8641)
Institutions
- Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (CN)
- City University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (CA)
- Monash University (AU)
- Swinburne University of Technology (AU)
- Beihang University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Laser & Photonics Review
- Published
- 2025-04-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202401687
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.25
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China