title: Thermally controlled comb generation and soliton modelocking in microresonators.
abstract: We report, to the best of our knowledge, the first demonstration of thermally controlled soliton mode-locked frequency comb generation in microresonators. By controlling the electric current through heaters integrated with silicon nitride microresonators, we demonstrate a systematic and repeatable pathway to single- and multi-soliton mode-locked states without adjusting the pump laser wavelength. Such an approach could greatly simplify the generation of mode-locked frequency combs and facilitate applications such as chip-based dual-comb spectroscopy.
authors.forename: Chaitanya
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: Jae K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Luke
authors.forename: Xingchen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Steven A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Klenner
authors.forename: Yoshitomo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okawachi
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lipson
authors.forename: Alexander L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Gaeta