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Universal Dynamics and Controlled Switching of Dissipative Kerr Solitons in Optical Microresonators

Tobias Kippenberg, Maxim Karpov, Martin Hubert Peter Pfeiffer, Hairun Guo, Erwan Guillaume Albert Lucas, Arne Kordts, Victor Brasch
2016
Conference Papers

Abstract

We discover a novel mechanism allowing for successive reduction of the number of dissipative Kerr solitons in optical microresonators. It is demonstrated that multiple and single soliton state can be deterministically accessed.

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Tobias Kippenberg, Maxim Karpov, Martin Hubert Peter Pfeiffer, Hairun Guo, Erwan Guillaume Albert Lucas, Arne Kordts, Victor Brasch
2016
Conference Papers

Abstract

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/edce318f-e324-4139-93d5-3841aced5902

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