Experimental evidence of gain-through-loss mechanism in passive fiber ring cavities : toward tunable frequency comb generation

Florent Bessin (1) , Auro M Perego (2) , Kestutis Staliunas (3) , Sergei Turitsyn (4) , Alexandre Kudlinski (1) , Matteo Conforti (1) , Arnaud Mussot (1)

1 PhLAM - Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523
2 AIPT - Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies
3 ICREA - Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats = Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
4 Aston University [Birmingham]

We experimentally demonstrate a novel method based on the gain-through-losses modulation instability process to generate frequency combs with tunable repetition rate in a normal dispersion externally driven passive fibre resonator.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]; Formation de Structures et Solitons [nlin.PS]

Florent Bessin, Auro M Perego, Kestutis Staliunas, Sergei Turitsyn, Alexandre Kudlinski, et al.. Experimental evidence of gain-through-loss mechanism in passive fiber ring cavities : toward tunable frequency comb generation. CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, May 2019, San Jose, United States. pp.FF2D.4, ⟨10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2019.FF2D.4⟩. ⟨hal-02392726⟩