Nonlinear cavity and frequency comb radiations induced by negative frequency field effects

Lourés, C. R., Faccio, D. and Biancalana, F. (2015) Nonlinear cavity and frequency comb radiations induced by negative frequency field effects. Physical Review Letters, 115(19), 193904. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.193904) (PMID:26588385)

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Abstract

Optical Kerr frequency combs (KFCs) are an increasingly important optical metrology tool with applications ranging from ultraprecise spectroscopy to time keeping. KFCs may be generated in compact resonators with extremely high quality factors. Here, we show that the same features that lead to high quality frequency combs in these resonators also lead to an enhancement of nonlinear emissions that may be identified as originating from the presence of a negative frequency (NF) component in the optical spectrum. While the negative frequency component of the spectrum is naturally always present in the real-valued optical field, it is not included in the principal theoretical model used to model nonlinear cavities, i.e., the Lugiato-Lefever equation. We therefore extend these equations in order to include the contribution of NF components and show that the predicted emissions may be studied analytically, in excellent agreement with full numerical simulations. These results are of importance for a variety of fields, such as Bose-Einstein condensates, mode-locked lasers, nonlinear plasmonics, and polaritonics.

Item Type:Articles
Additional Information:D. F. acknowledges financial support from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007–2013)/ERC GA 306559 and EPSRC (UK, Grant No. EP/J00443X/1).
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Faccio, Professor Daniele
Authors: Lourés, C. R., Faccio, D., and Biancalana, F.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
Journal Name:Physical Review Letters
Publisher:American Physical Society
ISSN:0031-9007
ISSN (Online):1079-7114

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