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Phys Rev Lett. 2017 Apr 07;118(14):143901. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.143901. Epub 2017 Apr 05.

Parametrically Tunable Soliton-Induced Resonant Radiation by Three-Wave Mixing.

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B B Zhou, X Liu, H R Guo, X L Zeng, X F Chen, H P Chung, Y H Chen, M Bache

Affiliations

  1. DTU Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
  3. Department of Optics and Photonics, National Central University, Jhongli 320, Taiwan.

PMID: 28430470 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.143901

Abstract

We show that a temporal soliton can induce resonant radiation by three-wave mixing nonlinearities. This constitutes a new class of resonant radiation whose spectral positions are parametrically tunable. The experimental verification is done in a periodically poled lithium niobate crystal, where a femtosecond near-IR soliton is excited and resonant radiation waves are observed exactly at the calculated soliton phase-matching wavelengths via the sum- and difference-frequency generation nonlinearities. This extends the supercontinuum bandwidth well into the mid IR to span 550-5000 nm, and the mid-IR edge is parametrically tunable over 1000 nm by changing the three-wave mixing phase-matching condition. The results are important for the bright and broadband supercontinuum generation and for the frequency comb generation in quadratic nonlinear microresonators.

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