Theory and application of cavity solitons in photonic devices

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Oppo, Gian-Luca and Firth, William J. (2024) Theory and application of cavity solitons in photonic devices. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 382 (2287). 20230336. ISSN 1471-2962 (https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2023.0336)

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Abstract

Driven optical cavities containing a nonlinear medium support stable dissipative solitons, cavity solitons, in the form of bright or dark spots of light on a uniformly-lit background. Broadening effects due to diffraction or group velocity dispersion are balanced by the nonlinear interaction with the medium while cavity losses balance the input energy. The history, properties, physical interpretation and wide application of cavity solitons are reviewed. Cavity solitons in the plane perpendicular to light propagation find application in optical information processing, while cavity solitons in the longitudinal direction produce high-quality frequency combs with applications in optical communications, frequency standards, optical clocks, future GPS, astronomy and quantum technologies.

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Oppo, Gian-Luca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5376-4309 and Firth, William J.;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:90984
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    30 December 2024
    Published
    24 December 2024
    Published Online
    10 October 2024
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Physics > Optics. Light
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:29 Oct 2024 16:27
    Last modified:10 Jan 2025 11:58
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/90984
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