Parametrically driven Kerr cavity solitons

no code implementations • 19 Jan 2021 • Nicolas Englebert, Francesco De Lucia, Pedro Parra-Rivas, Carlos Mas Arabí, Pier-John Sazio, Simon-Pierre Gorza, François Leo

Furthermore, we experimentally confirm that two different phase-locked solitons may be simultaneously excited and harness this multiplicity to generate a string of random bits, thereby extending the pool of applications of Kerr resonators to random number generators and Ising machines.

Optics Pattern Formation and Solitons

Efficient Type II Second Harmonic Generation in an Indium Gallium Phosphide on insulator wire waveguide aligned with a crystallographic axis

no code implementations • 21 Dec 2020 • Nicolas Poulvellarie, Carlos Mas Arabi, Charles Ciret, Sylvain Combrié, Alfredo De Rossi, Marc Haelterman, Fabrice Raineri, Bart Kuyken, Simon-Pierre Gorza, François Leo

We theoretically and experimentally investigate type II second harmonic generation in III-V-on-insulator wire waveguides.

Optics