Numerical simulation and temporal characterization of dual-pumped microring-resonator-based optical frequency combs

Xiaohong Hu; Weiqiang Wang; Leiran Wang; Wenfu Zhang; Yishan Wang; Wei Zhao

doi:doi:10.1364/PRJ.5.000207

Photonics Research, 2017, 5 (3): 03000207, Published Online: Oct. 9, 2018

Numerical simulation and temporal characterization of dual-pumped microring-resonator-based optical frequency combs Download： 904次

Xiaohong Hu ^1,2Weiqiang Wang ^1,2,3Leiran Wang ^1,2Wenfu Zhang ^1,2,3,4,*Yishan Wang ^1,5,*Wei Zhao ¹

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¹ State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Science, Xi’an 710119, China

² University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³ China-UK Joint Research Center on Micro/Nano Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Science, Xi’an 710119, China

⁴ e-mail: wfuzhang@opt.ac.cn

⁵ e-mail: Yshwang@opt.ac.cn

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Xiaohong Hu, Weiqiang Wang, Leiran Wang, Wenfu Zhang, Yishan Wang, Wei Zhao. Numerical simulation and temporal characterization of dual-pumped microring-resonator-based optical frequency combs[J]. Photonics Research, 2017, 5(3): 03000207.

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