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Wei Y, He X. Exploring Safety-Stability Tradeoffs in Cooperative CAV Platoon Controls with Bidirectional Impacts. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 24:1614. [PMID: 38475149 DOI: 10.3390/s24051614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2024] [Revised: 02/25/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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Advanced sensing technologies and communication capabilities of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) empower them to capture the dynamics of surrounding vehicles, including speeds and positions of those behind, enabling judicious responsive maneuvers. The acquired dynamics information of vehicles spurred the development of various cooperative platoon controls, particularly designed to enhance platoon stability with reduced spacing for reliable roadway capacity increase. These controls leverage abundant information transmitted through various communication topologies. Despite these advancements, the impact of different vehicle dynamics information on platoon safety remains underexplored, as current research predominantly focuses on stability analysis. This knowledge gap highlights the critical need for further investigation into how diverse vehicle dynamics information influences platoon safety. To address this gap, this research introduces a novel framework based on the concept of phase shift, aiming to scrutinize the tradeoffs between the safety and stability of CAV platoons formed upon bidirectional information flow topology. Our investigation focuses on platoon controls built upon bidirectional information flow topologies using diverse dynamics information of vehicles. Our research findings emphasize that the integration of various types of information into CAV platoon controls does not universally yield benefits. Specifically, incorporating spacing information can enhance both platoon safety and string stability. In contrast, velocity difference information can improve either safety or string stability, but not both simultaneously. These findings offer valuable insights into the formulation of CAV platoon control principles built upon diverse communication topologies. This research contributes a nuanced understanding of the intricate interplay between safety and stability in CAV platoons, emphasizing the importance of information dynamics in shaping effective control strategies.
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- Yu Wei
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA
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Opačak N, Schneider B, Faist J, Schwarz B. Impact of higher-order dispersion on frequency-modulated combs. OPTICS LETTERS 2024; 49:794-797. [PMID: 38359184 DOI: 10.1364/ol.509529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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Frequency-modulated (FM) combs form spontaneously in free-running semiconductor lasers and possess a vast potential for spectroscopic applications. Despite recent progress in obtaining a conclusive theoretical description, experimental FM combs often exhibit non-ideal traits, which prevents their widespread use. Here we explain this by providing a clear theoretical and experimental study of the impact of the higher-order dispersion on FM combs. We reveal that spectrally dependent dispersion is detrimental for comb performance and leads to a decreased comb bandwidth and the appearance of spectral holes. These undesirable traits can be mended by applying a radio frequency modulation of the laser bias. We show that electrical injection-locking of the laser leads to a significant increase of the comb bandwidth, a uniform-like spectral amplitudes, and the rectification of the instantaneous frequency to recover a nearly linear frequency chirp of FM combs.
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Dong B, Dumont M, Terra O, Wang H, Netherton A, Bowers JE. Broadband quantum-dot frequency-modulated comb laser. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2023; 12:182. [PMID: 37491305 PMCID: PMC10368713 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-023-01225-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
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Frequency-modulated (FM) laser combs, which offer a quasi-continuous-wave output and a flat-topped optical spectrum, are emerging as a promising solution for wavelength-division multiplexing applications, precision metrology, and ultrafast optical ranging. The generation of FM combs relies on spatial hole burning, group velocity dispersion, Kerr nonlinearity, and four-wave mixing (FWM). While FM combs have been widely observed in quantum cascade Fabry-Perot (FP) lasers, the requirement for a low-dispersion FP cavity can be a challenge in platforms where the waveguide dispersion is mainly determined by the material. Here we report a 60 GHz quantum-dot (QD) mode-locked laser in which both the amplitude-modulated (AM) and the FM comb can be generated independently. The high FWM efficiency of -5 dB allows the QD laser to generate FM comb efficiently. We also demonstrate that the Kerr nonlinearity can be practically engineered to improve the FM comb bandwidth without the need for GVD engineering. The maximum 3-dB bandwidth that our QD platform can deliver is as large as 2.2 THz. This study gives novel insights into the improvement of FM combs and paves the way for small-footprint, electrically pumped, and energy-efficient frequency combs for silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
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- Bozhang Dong
- Institute for Energy Efficiency, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Institute for Energy Efficiency, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
- Primary Length and Laser Technology Lab, National Institute of Standards, Giza, Egypt
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- Institute for Energy Efficiency, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Institute for Energy Efficiency, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
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Mizrahi JP, Zilberg D, Gat O. Universal dynamics of spatiotemporal entrainment with phase symmetry. Phys Rev E 2023; 108:014120. [PMID: 37583170 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.108.014120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 08/17/2023]
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We study the entrainment of a localized pattern to an external signal via its coupling to zero modes associated with broken symmetries. We show that when the pattern breaks internal symmetries, entrainment is governed by a multiple degrees-of-freedom dynamical system that has a universal structure, defined by the symmetry group and its breaking. We derive explicitly the universal locking dynamics for entrainment of patterns breaking internal phase symmetry, and calculate the locking domains and the stability and bifurcations of entrainment of complex Ginzburg-Landau solitons by an external pulse.
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- Jorge Palacio Mizrahi
- The Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- The Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- The Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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Di Gaspare A, Pistore V, Riccardi E, Pogna EAA, Beere HE, Ritchie DA, Li L, Davies AG, Linfield EH, Ferrari AC, Vitiello MS. Self-Induced Mode-Locking in Electrically Pumped Far-Infrared Random Lasers. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2206824. [PMID: 36707499 PMCID: PMC10037977 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202206824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Mode locking, the self-starting synchronous oscillation of electromagnetic modes in a laser cavity, is the primary way to generate ultrashort light pulses. In random lasers, without a cavity, mode-locking, the nonlinear coupling amongst low spatially coherent random modes, can be activated via optical pumping, even without the emission of short pulses. Here, by exploiting the combination of the inherently giant third-order χ(3) nonlinearity of semiconductor heterostructure lasers and the nonlinear properties of graphene, the authors demonstrate mode-locking in surface-emitting electrically pumped random quantum cascade lasers at terahertz frequencies. This is achieved by either lithographically patterning a multilayer graphene film to define a surface random pattern of light scatterers, or by coupling on chip a saturable absorber graphene reflector. Intermode beatnote mapping unveils self-induced phase-coherence between naturally incoherent random modes. Self-mixing intermode spectroscopy reveals phase-locked random modes. This is an important milestone in the physics of disordered systems. It paves the way to the development of a new generation of miniaturized, electrically pumped mode-locked light sources, ideal for broadband spectroscopy, multicolor speckle-free imaging applications, and reservoir quantum computing.
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- Alessandra Di Gaspare
- NESTCNR – Istituto Nanoscienze and Scuola Normale SuperiorePiazza San Silvestro 12Pisa56127Italy
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- NESTCNR – Istituto Nanoscienze and Scuola Normale SuperiorePiazza San Silvestro 12Pisa56127Italy
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- NESTCNR – Istituto Nanoscienze and Scuola Normale SuperiorePiazza San Silvestro 12Pisa56127Italy
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- NESTCNR – Istituto Nanoscienze and Scuola Normale SuperiorePiazza San Silvestro 12Pisa56127Italy
- CNR – Istituto di Fotonica e NanotecnologiePiazza Leonardo da Vinci 32Milano20133Italy
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- Cavendish LaboratoryUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeCB3 0HEUK
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- School of Electronic and Electrical EngineeringUniversity of LeedsLeedsLS2 9JTUK
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- School of Electronic and Electrical EngineeringUniversity of LeedsLeedsLS2 9JTUK
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- NESTCNR – Istituto Nanoscienze and Scuola Normale SuperiorePiazza San Silvestro 12Pisa56127Italy
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Hillbrand J, Bertrand M, Wittwer V, Opačak N, Kapsalidis F, Gianella M, Emmenegger L, Schwarz B, Südmeyer T, Beck M, Faist J. Synchronization of frequency combs by optical injection. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:36087-36095. [PMID: 36258545 DOI: 10.1364/oe.456775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Optical frequency combs based on semiconductor lasers are a promising technology for monolithic integration of dual-comb spectrometers. However, the stabilization of offset frequency fceo remains a challenging feat due the lack of octave-spanning spectra. In a dual-comb configuration, the uncorrelated jitter of the offset frequencies leads to a non-periodic signal resulting in broadened beatnotes with a limited signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Hence, expensive data acquisition schemes and complex signal processing are currently required. Here, we show that the offset frequencies of two frequency combs can be synchronized by optical injection locking, which allows full phase-stabilization when combined with electrical injection locking of both repetition frequencies frep. A single comb line isolated via an optical Vernier filter serves as Master oscillator for injection locking. The resulting dual-comb signal is periodic and stable over thousands of periods. This enables coherent averaging using analog electronics, which increases the SNR and reduces the data size by one and three orders of magnitude, respectively. The presented method will enable fully phase-stabilized dual-comb spectrometers by leveraging on integrated optical filters and provides access for comparing and stabilizing fceo to narrow-linewidth optical references.
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Dynamical Collective Excitations and Entanglement of Two Strongly Correlated Rydberg Superatoms. PHOTONICS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/photonics9040242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Based on the dipole blockade effect and with the aid of the superatom (SA) model, we propose a scheme to investigate the correlated evolution of two Rydberg sub-superatoms (SSAs), formed by two spatially separated atomic Rydberg sub-ensembles but in the same blockade region. Starting from the pure separable states, we investigate the in-phase or anti-phase correlated dynamics and explore how two Rydberg SSAs entangle with each other mediated by a single Rydberg excitation. Starting from the entangled states, we discuss the robustness of the system against decoherence induced by the dephasing rate. Our results show that both the correlated evolution of two Rydberg SSAs and their collective-state entanglement are usually sensitive to the number of each Rydberg SSA. This allows us to coherently manipulate the Rydberg ensemble over long distances from the single-quantum level to the mesoscopic level by changing the number of atoms. Furthermore, the method for dividing an SA into two SSAs and obtaining their spin operators without any approximation can be readily generalized to the case of many SSAs. It may have potential promising applications in quantum information processing and provide an attractive platform to study the quantum-classical correspondence, many-body physics and so on.
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Humbard L, Burghoff D. Analytical theory of frequency-modulated combs: generalized mean-field theory, complex cavities, and harmonic states. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:5376-5401. [PMID: 35209502 DOI: 10.1364/oe.445570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Frequency-modulated (FM) combs with a linearly-chirped frequency and nearly constant intensity occur naturally in certain laser systems; they can be most succinctly described by a nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a phase potential. In this work, we perform a comprehensive analytical study of FM combs in order to calculate their salient properties. We develop a general procedure that allows mean-field theories to be constructed for arbitrary sets of master equations, and as an example consider the case of reflective defects. We derive an expression for the FM chirp of arbitrary Fabry-Perot cavities-important for most realistic lasers-and use perturbation theory to show how they are affected by finite gain bandwidth and linewidth enhancment in fast gain media. Lastly, we show that an eigenvalue formulation of the laser's dynamics can be useful for characterizing all of the stable states of the laser: the fundamental comb, the continuous-wave solution, and the harmonic states.
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Li X, Sia JXB, Wang J, Qiao Z, Wang W, Guo X, Wang H, Liu C. Optical frequency comb generation from a 1.65 µm single-section quantum well laser. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:4117-4124. [PMID: 35209656 DOI: 10.1364/oe.450071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Optical frequency combs (OFCs) in the 1.65 µm wavelength band are promising for methane sensing and extended high-capacity optical communications. In this work, a frequency-modulated (FM) OFC is generated from a 1.65 µm single-section quantum well laser. This is characterized by a 1 kHz-wide beatnote signal at ∼19.4 GHz. Typical FM optical spectra are shown and optical linewidth of the OFC narrows through the mutual injection locking process in the comb formation. No distinct pulse train is observed on oscilloscope, which conforms with the FM operation. Furthermore, to add further evidence that four-wave mixing (FWM) is the driving mechanism of the comb formation, FWM frequency conversion characterization is conducted on a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) fabricated together with the tested laser. An efficiency of ∼-30 dB confirms the capability of FM mode locking.
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Riepl J, Raab J, Abajyan P, Nong H, Freeman JR, Li LH, Linfield EH, Davies AG, Wacker A, Albes T, Jirauschek C, Lange C, Dhillon SS, Huber R. Field-resolved high-order sub-cycle nonlinearities in a terahertz semiconductor laser. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2021; 10:246. [PMID: 34924564 PMCID: PMC8685277 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-021-00685-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Revised: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The exploitation of ultrafast electron dynamics in quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) holds enormous potential for intense, compact mode-locked terahertz (THz) sources, squeezed THz light, frequency mixers, and comb-based metrology systems. Yet the important sub-cycle dynamics have been notoriously difficult to access in operational THz QCLs. Here, we employ high-field THz pulses to perform the first ultrafast two-dimensional spectroscopy of a free-running THz QCL. Strong incoherent and coherent nonlinearities up to eight-wave mixing are detected below and above the laser threshold. These data not only reveal extremely short gain recovery times of 2 ps at the laser threshold, they also reflect the nonlinear polarization dynamics of the QCL laser transition for the first time, where we quantify the corresponding dephasing times between 0.9 and 1.5 ps with increasing bias currents. A density-matrix approach reproducing the emergence of all nonlinearities and their ultrafast evolution, simultaneously, allows us to map the coherently induced trajectory of the Bloch vector. The observed high-order multi-wave mixing nonlinearities benefit from resonant enhancement in the absence of absorption losses and bear potential for a number of future applications, ranging from efficient intracavity frequency conversion, mode proliferation to passive mode locking.
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- J Riepl
- Department of Physics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, ENS, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, ENS, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, UK
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- School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, UK
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- School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, UK
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- School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, UK
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- Mathematical Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, ENS, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, Paris, France.
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- Department of Physics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Doumbia Y, Wolfersberger D, Panajotov K, Sciamanna M. Tailoring frequency combs through VCSEL polarization dynamics. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:33976-33991. [PMID: 34809197 DOI: 10.1364/oe.432281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We investigate experimentally the nonlinear polarization dynamics of a VCSEL subject to optical injection of a frequency comb. By tuning the polarization of the injected comb to be orthogonal to that of the VCSEL, we demonstrate the generation of either a single polarization or a dual polarization frequency comb. The injection parameters (injected power and detuning frequency) are then used either to generate harmonics of the initial comb spacing or to increase the number of total output frequency lines up to 15 times the number of injected comb lines. Optimisation of the injection parameters yields a comb extending over 60 GHz for a comb spacing of 2 GHz with a carrier to noise ratio (CNR) of up to 60 dB. Our technique allows us to separately control the comb spacing, comb bandwidth, CNR and polarization. Our finding can be used for spectroscopy measurement and also for polarization division multiplexing in optical data communications.
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Opačak N, Cin SD, Hillbrand J, Schwarz B. Frequency Comb Generation by Bloch Gain Induced Giant Kerr Nonlinearity. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 127:093902. [PMID: 34506198 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.093902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Optical nonlinearities are known to coherently couple amplitude and phase of light, which can result in the formation of periodic waveforms. Such waveforms are referred to as optical frequency combs. Here we show that Bloch gain-a nonclassical phenomenon that was first predicted in the 1930s-can play an essential role in comb formation. We develop a self-consistent theoretical model that considers all aspects of comb dynamics: band structure, electron transport, and cavity dynamics. In quantum cascade lasers, Bloch gain gives rise to a giant Kerr nonlinearity, which enables frequency modulated combs and serves as the physical origin of the linewidth enhancement factor. Bloch gain also triggers the formation of solitonlike structures in ring resonators, paving the way toward electrically driven Kerr combs.
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- Nikola Opačak
- Institute of Solid State Electronics, TU Wien, Gusshausstrasse 25-25a, 1040 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Solid State Electronics, TU Wien, Gusshausstrasse 25-25a, 1040 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Solid State Electronics, TU Wien, Gusshausstrasse 25-25a, 1040 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Solid State Electronics, TU Wien, Gusshausstrasse 25-25a, 1040 Vienna, Austria
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Beiser M, Opačak N, Hillbrand J, Strasser G, Schwarz B. Engineering the spectral bandwidth of quantum cascade laser frequency combs. OPTICS LETTERS 2021; 46:3416-3419. [PMID: 34264227 DOI: 10.1364/ol.424164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) facilitate compact optical frequency comb sources that operate in the mid-infrared and terahertz spectral regions, where many molecules have their fundamental absorption lines. Enhancing the optical bandwidth of these chip-sized lasers is of paramount importance to address their application in broadband high-precision spectroscopy. In this work, we provide a numerical and experimental investigation of the comb spectral width and show how it can be optimized to obtain its maximum value defined by the laser gain bandwidth. The interplay of nonoptimal values of the resonant Kerr nonlinearity and cavity dispersion can lead to significant narrowing of the comb spectrum and reveals the best approach for dispersion compensation. The implementation of high mirror losses is shown to be favorable and results in proliferation of the comb sidemodes. Ultimately, injection locking of QCLs by modulating the laser bias around the round trip frequency provides a stable external knob to control the frequency-modulated comb state and recover the maximum spectral width of the unlocked laser state.
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Multiheterodyne techniques using frequency combs-radiation sources whose lines are perfectly evenly-spaced-have revolutionized science. By beating sources with the many lines of a comb, their spectra are recovered. Even so, these approaches are fundamentally limited to probing coherent sources, such as lasers. They are unable to measure most spectra that occur in nature. Here we present frequency comb ptychoscopy, a technique that allows for the spectrum of any complex broadband source to be retrieved using a comb. In this approach, the spectrum is reconstructed by unfolding the simultaneous beating of a source with each comb line. We demonstrate this both theoretically and experimentally, at microwave frequencies. This approach can reconstruct the spectrum of nearly any complex source to high resolution, and the speed, resolution, and generality of this technique will allow chip-scale frequency combs to have an impact in a wide swath of new applications, such as remote sensing and passive spectral imaging.
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Hillbrand J, Matthieu Krüger L, Dal Cin S, Knötig H, Heidrich J, Maxwell Andrews A, Strasser G, Keller U, Schwarz B. High-speed quantum cascade detector characterized with a mid-infrared femtosecond oscillator. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:5774-5781. [PMID: 33726109 DOI: 10.1364/oe.417976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Quantum cascade detectors (QCD) are photovoltaic mid-infrared detectors based on intersubband transitions. Owing to the sub-picosecond carrier transport between subbands and the absence of a bias voltage, QCDs are ideally suited for high-speed and room temperature operation. Here, we demonstrate the design, fabrication, and characterization of 4.3 µm wavelength QCDs optimized for large electrical bandwidth. The detector signal is extracted via a tapered coplanar waveguide (CPW), which was impedance-matched to 50 Ω. Using femtosecond pulses generated by a mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator (OPO), we show that the impulse response of the fully packaged QCDs has a full-width at half-maximum of only 13.4 ps corresponding to a 3-dB bandwidth of more than 20 GHz. Considerable detection capability beyond the 3-dB bandwidth is reported up to at least 50 GHz, which allows us to measure more than 600 harmonics of the OPO repetition frequency reaching 38 dB signal-to-noise ratio without the need of electronic amplification.
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Woodley MTM, Hill L, Del Bino L, Oppo GL, Del'Haye P. Self-Switching Kerr Oscillations of Counterpropagating Light in Microresonators. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:043901. [PMID: 33576655 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.043901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We report the experimental and numerical observation of oscillatory antiphase switching between counterpropagating light beams in Kerr ring microresonators, where dominance between the intensities of the two beams is periodically or chaotically exchanged. Self-switching occurs in balanced regimes of operation and is well captured by a simple coupled dynamical system featuring only the self- and cross-phase Kerr nonlinearities. Switching phenomena are due to temporal instabilities of symmetry-broken states combined with attractor merging, which restores the broken symmetry on average. Self-switching of counterpropagating light is robust for realizing controllable, all-optical generation of waveforms, signal encoding, and chaotic cryptography.
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- Michael T M Woodley
- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
- SUPA and Department of Physics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, United Kingdom
- Department of Physics, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
- SUPA and Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom
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- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
- SUPA and Department of Physics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, United Kingdom
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Staudtstr. 2, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- SUPA and Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Staudtstr. 2, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
- Department of Physics, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Hillbrand J, Opačak N, Piccardo M, Schneider H, Strasser G, Capasso F, Schwarz B. Mode-locked short pulses from an 8 μm wavelength semiconductor laser. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5788. [PMID: 33188222 PMCID: PMC7666187 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19592-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Quantum cascade lasers (QCL) have revolutionized the generation of mid-infrared light. Yet, the ultrafast carrier transport in mid-infrared QCLs has so far constituted a seemingly insurmountable obstacle for the formation of ultrashort light pulses. Here, we demonstrate that careful quantum design of the gain medium and control over the intermode beat synchronization enable transform-limited picosecond pulses from QCL frequency combs. Both an interferometric radio-frequency technique and second-order autocorrelation shed light on the pulse dynamics and confirm that mode-locked operation is achieved from threshold to rollover current. Furthermore, we show that both anti-phase and in-phase synchronized states exist in QCLs. Being electrically pumped and compact, mode-locked QCLs pave the way towards monolithically integrated non-linear photonics in the molecular fingerprint region beyond 6 μm wavelength. Producing pulses in the mid-IR often requires bulky sources and has been inaccessible with compact and versatile quantum cascade lasers (QCLs). Here, the authors demonstrate actively mode-locked, mid-IR QCL operation at room temperature.
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- Johannes Hillbrand
- Institute of Solid State Electronics, TU Wien, Guß, Vienna, Austria. .,Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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- Institute of Solid State Electronics, TU Wien, Guß, Vienna, Austria
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- Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.,CNST - Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Pascoli 70/3, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany
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- Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Institute of Solid State Electronics, TU Wien, Guß, Vienna, Austria. .,Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Rakshit S, Ghosh D. Generalized synchronization on the onset of auxiliary system approach. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2020; 30:111102. [PMID: 33261321 DOI: 10.1063/5.0030772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Generalized synchronization is an emergent functional relationship between the states of the interacting dynamical systems. To analyze the stability of a generalized synchronization state, the auxiliary system technique is a seminal approach that is broadly used nowadays. However, a few controversies have recently arisen concerning the applicability of this method. In this study, we systematically analyze the applicability of the auxiliary system approach for various coupling configurations. We analytically derive the auxiliary system approach for a drive-response coupling configuration from the definition of the generalized synchronization state. Numerically, we show that this technique is not always applicable for two bidirectionally coupled systems. Finally, we analytically derive the inapplicability of this approach for the network of coupled oscillators and also numerically verify it with an appropriate example.
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- Sarbendu Rakshit
- Physics and Applied Mathematics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B.T. Road, Kolkata 700108, India
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- Physics and Applied Mathematics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B.T. Road, Kolkata 700108, India
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Takemura N, Takiguchi M, Notomi M. Designs toward synchronization of optical limit cycles with coupled silicon photonic crystal microcavities. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:27657-27675. [PMID: 32988055 DOI: 10.1364/oe.399545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A driven high-Q Si microcavity is known to exhibit limit cycle oscillation originating from carrier-induced and thermo-optic nonlinearities. We propose a novel nanophotonic device to realize synchronized optical limit cycle oscillations with coupled silicon (Si) photonic crystal (PhC) microcavities. Here, coupled limit cycle oscillators are realized by using coherently coupled Si PhC microcavities. By simulating coupled-mode equations, we theoretically demonstrate mutual synchronization (entrainment) of two limit cycles induced by coherent coupling. Furthermore, we interpret the numerically simulated synchronization in the framework of phase description. Since our proposed design is perfectly compatible with current silicon photonics fabrication processes, the synchronization of optical limit cycle oscillations will be implemented in future silicon photonic circuits.
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Călugăru D, Totz JF, Martens EA, Engel H. First-order synchronization transition in a large population of strongly coupled relaxation oscillators. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:eabb2637. [PMID: 32967828 PMCID: PMC7531889 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb2637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Onset and loss of synchronization in coupled oscillators are of fundamental importance in understanding emergent behavior in natural and man-made systems, which range from neural networks to power grids. We report on experiments with hundreds of strongly coupled photochemical relaxation oscillators that exhibit a discontinuous synchronization transition with hysteresis, as opposed to the paradigmatic continuous transition expected from the widely used weak coupling theory. The resulting first-order transition is robust with respect to changes in network connectivity and natural frequency distribution. This allows us to identify the relaxation character of the oscillators as the essential parameter that determines the nature of the synchronization transition. We further support this hypothesis by revealing the mechanism of the transition, which cannot be accounted for by standard phase reduction techniques.
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- Dumitru Călugăru
- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J. J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK
- Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Technical University Berlin, EW 7-1, Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany.
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark, Richard Petersens Plads, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Technical University Berlin, EW 7-1, Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Han Z, Ren D, Burghoff D. Sensitivity of SWIFT spectroscopy. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:6002-6017. [PMID: 32225858 DOI: 10.1364/oe.382243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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SWIFT spectroscopy (Shifted Wave Interference Fourier Transform Spectroscopy) is a coherent beatnote technique that can be used to measure the temporal profiles of periodic optical signals. While it has been essential in understanding the physics of various mid-infrared and terahertz frequency combs, its ultimate limits have not been discussed. We show that the envelope of a SWIFTS interferogram is physically meaningful and is directly related to autocorrelation. We derive analytical expressions for the SWIFTS signals of two prototypical cases-chirped pulses from a mode-locked laser and a frequency-modulated comb-and derive scaling laws for the noise of these measurements, showing how it can be mitigated. Finally, we confirm this analysis by performing the first SWIFTS measurements of near-infrared pulses from femtosecond lasers, establishing the validity of the technique for highly-dispersed sub-picojoule pulses.
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