In search of time crystalline behavior in Kerr optical frequency combs

Hossein Taheri

doi:10.1117/12.2579052

10 March 2021 In search of time crystalline behavior in Kerr optical frequency combs

Hossein Taheri

Proceedings Volume 11672, Laser Resonators, Microresonators, and Beam Control XXIII; 116720C (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2579052
Event: SPIE LASE, 2021, Online Only

Abstract

In this invited article, we report the experimental demonstration of the simultaneous coherent locking of two independent lasers with arbitrary multi-FSR (free spectral range) frequency separation to a Kerr microcomb soliton, resulting in the creation of synthetic microcomb soliton crystals. Each of the two pumps is self-injection- locked to its neighboring microcavity mode and acts as an arbiter linking the microcomb to the cavity. We show that the beating of the two pumps creates a manifest discrete symmetry and that certain microcomb states generated in this pumping scheme spontaneously break this symmetry, thereby realizing dissipative discrete time crystals. Apart from introducing a powerful platform leveraging advanced photonics for the creation and scientific exploration of various types of dissipative time crystals and their properties, our results constitute a decisive step towards the two-point locking of Kerr microcombs with moderate bandwidths much smaller than an octave which cannot be self-referenced through standard approaches such as the f - 2f technique.

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Hossein Taheri "In search of time crystalline behavior in Kerr optical frequency combs", Proc. SPIE 11672, Laser Resonators, Microresonators, and Beam Control XXIII, 116720C (10 March 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2579052

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