Widely tunable optical parametric oscillation in a Kerr microresonator

We report on the first experimental demonstration of widely tunable parametric sideband generation in a Kerr microresonator. Specifically, by pumping a silica microsphere in the normal dispersion regime, we achieve the generation of phase-matched four-wave mixing sidebands at large frequency detunin...

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Published in:Optics letters 2017-12, Vol.42 (24), p.5190-5193
Main Authors: Sayson, Noel Lito B, Webb, Karen E, Coen, Stéphane, Erkintalo, Miro, Murdoch, Stuart G
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