Kerr frequency combs in large-size,ultra-high-Q toroid microcavities with low repetition rates [Invited]

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2017-06-16
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Byovercomingfabricationlimitations,wehavesuccessfullyfabricatedsilicatoroidmicrocavitieswithbothlargediameter(of1.88mm)andultra-high-Qfactor(of3.3×10~8)forthefirsttime,tothebestofourknowledge.Byemployingtheseresonators,wehavefurtherdemonstratedlow-thresholdKerrfrequencycombsonasiliconchip,whichallowustoobtainarepetitionrateaslowas36GHz.Suchalowrepetitionratefrequencycombcannowbedirectlymeasuredthroughacommercializedoptical-electronicdetector.