Nonlinear oscillations and bifurcations in silicon photonic microresonators.
Silicon microdisks are optical resonators that can exhibit surprising nonlinear behavior. We present a new analysis of the dynamics of these resonators elucidating the mathematical origin of spontaneous oscillations and deriving predictions for observed phenomena such as a frequency comb spectrum with MHz-scale repetition rate. We test predictions through laboratory experiment and numerical simulation.
Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA and Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
Daniel M
DM
Abrams
Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
Alex
A
Slawik
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA.
Kartik
K
Srinivasan