Coexistence and Interactions between Nonlinear States with Different Polarizations in a Monochromatically Driven Passive Kerr Resonator

Alexander U. Nielsen, Bruno Garbin, Stéphane Coen, Stuart G. Murdoch, and Miro Erkintalo
Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 013902 – Published 3 July 2019

Abstract

We report on experimental observations of coexistence and interactions between nonlinear states with different polarizations in a passive Kerr resonator driven at a single carrier frequency. Using a fiber ring resonator with adjustable birefringence, we partially overlap nonlinear resonances of two orthogonal polarization modes, achieving coexistence between different nonlinear states by locking the driving laser frequency at various points within the overlap region. In particular, we observe coexistence between temporal cavity solitons and modulation instability patterns, as well as coexistence between two nonidentical cavity solitons with different polarizations. We also observe interactions between the distinctly polarized cavity solitons, as well as spontaneous excitation and annihilation of solitons by a near-orthogonally polarized unstable modulation instability pattern. By demonstrating that a single frequency driving field can support coexistence between differentially polarized solitons and complex modulation instability patterns, our work sheds light on the rich dissipative dynamics of multimode Kerr resonators. Our findings could also be of relevance to the generation of multiplexed microresonator frequency combs.

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  • Received 13 February 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.013902

© 2019 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Nonlinear DynamicsAtomic, Molecular & Optical

Authors & Affiliations

Alexander U. Nielsen*, Bruno Garbin, Stéphane Coen, Stuart G. Murdoch, and Miro Erkintalo

  • Department of Physics, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand and The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, New Zealand

  • *anie911@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • m.erkintalo@auckland.ac.nz
  • Present address: Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), CNRS - Université Paris-Sud - Université Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau, France.

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Vol. 123, Iss. 1 — 3 July 2019

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