Chip-Scale Self-Referenced Optical Frequency Comb Sources

Project Information

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Grant agreement ID: 853522

DOI

10.3030/853522

Project closed

EC signature date 2 October 2019

Start date 1 January 2020

End date 30 June 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 487 597,00

EU contribution

€ 1 487 597,00

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DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET
Denmark

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (18)

Parity-time symmetry enabled ultra-efficient nonlinear optical signal processing

Author(s): Chanju Kim, Xinda Lu, Deming Kong, Nuo Chen, Yuntian Chen, Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe, Kresten Yvind, Xinliang Zhang, Lan Yang, Minhao Pu, Jing Xu
Published in: eLight, Issue 4, 2024, ISSN 2097-1710
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1186/s43593-024-00062-w

Post-2000 nonlinear optical materials and measurements: data tables and best practices

Author(s): Nathalie Vermeulen, Daniel Espinosa, Adam Ball, John Ballato, Philippe Boucaud, Georges Boudebs, Cecília L A V Campos, Peter Dragic, Anderson S L Gomes, Mikko J Huttunen, Nathaniel Kinsey, Rich Mildren, Dragomir Neshev, Lázaro A Padilha, Minhao Pu, Ray Secondo, Eiji Tokunaga, Dmitry Turchinovich, Jingshi Yan, Kresten Yvind, Ksenia Dolgaleva, Eric W Van Stryland
Published in: Journal of Physics: Photonics, Issue 5, 2025, Page(s) 035001, ISSN 2515-7647
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/2515-7647/ac9e2f

Integrated optical vortex microcomb

Author(s): Bo Chen, Yueguang Zhou, Yang Liu, Chaochao Ye, Qian Cao, Peinian Huang, Chanju Kim, Yi Zheng, Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe, Kresten Yvind, Jin Li, Jiaqi Li, Yanfeng Zhang, Chunhua Dong, Songnian Fu, Qiwen Zhan, Xuehua Wang, Minhao Pu, Jin Liu
Published in: Nature Photonics, Issue 18, 2024, Page(s) 625-631, ISSN 1749-4885
Publisher: Nature Pub. Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-024-01415-0

Thermal Management in AlGaAs‐On‐Insulator Microresonators: Enabling and Extending Soliton Comb Generation

Author(s): Yanjing Zhao, Chaochao Ye, Yang Liu, Yueguang Zhou, Kresten Yvind, Minhao Pu
Published in: Laser & Photonics Reviews, Issue 19, 2025, ISSN 1863-8880
Publisher: Wiley - VCH Verlag GmbH & CO. KGaA
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.202401223

High-power, thermally accessible dissipative Kerr soliton generation

Author(s): Andreas Jacobsen, Yanjing Zhao, Yang Liu, Chaochao Ye, Yi Zheng, Camiel Op de Beeck, José Carreira, Michael Geiselmann, Minhao Pu
Published in: Photonics Research, Issue 13, 2025, Page(s) 3164, ISSN 2327-9125
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/prj.568472

Microresonator-enhanced quantum dot single-photon emission in GaAs-on-insulator platform

Author(s): Yueguang Zhou, Yuhui Yang, Imad Limame, Priyabrata Mudi, Marcel Hohn, Claudia Piccinini, Battulga Munkhbat, Yann Genuist, Jean-Michel Gérard, Julien Claudon, Kresten Yvind, Niels Gregersen, Stephan Reitzenstein, Minhao Pu
Published in: Materials for Quantum Technology, Issue 4, 2024, Page(s) 045401, ISSN 2633-4356
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/2633-4356/ad88cb

Design and Fabrication of AlGaAs-on-Insulator Microring Resonators for Nonlinear Photonics

Author(s): Chanju Kim, Chaochao Ye, Yi Zheng, Elizaveta Semenova, Kresten Yvind, Minhao Pu
Published in: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 2022, Page(s) 1-13, ISSN 1077-260X
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/jstqe.2022.3212047

Suppression of avoided resonance crossing in microresonators

Author(s): Chanju Kim, Kresten Yvind, Minhao Pu
Published in: Optics Letters, Issue 46/15, 2021, Page(s) 3508, ISSN 0146-9592
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/ol.431667

Silicon Nitride Microresonator Raman Lasers

Author(s): Yi Zheng, Haoyang Tan, Andreas Jacobsen, Yang Liu, Chaochao Ye, Yanjing Zhao, Cheng Xiang, Kresten Yvind, Minhao Pu
Published in: Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2025, ISSN 1863-8880
Publisher: Wiley - VCH Verlag GmbH & CO. KGaA
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.202502237

Widely-tunable, multi-band Raman laser based on dispersion-managed thin-film lithium niobate microring resonators

Author(s): Yanjing Zhao, Xiaoyue Liu, Kresten Yvind, Xinlun Cai, Minhao Pu
Published in: Communications Physics, Issue 6, 2023, ISSN 2399-3650
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s42005-023-01477-6

Efficient Second-Harmonic Generation in Silicon Carbide Nanowaveguides

Author(s): Yi Zheng, Ailun Yi, Chaochao Ye, Kresten Yvind, Han Zhang, Xin Ou, Minhao Pu
Published in: ACS Photonics, Issue 12, 2025, Page(s) 4879-4885, ISSN 2330-4022
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.5c01636

Robust Multimode Waveguide Design for Avoided Mode Crossing-Suppressed Microresonators

Author(s): Chaochao Ye, Chanju Kim, Yi Zheng, Yueguang Zhou, Ayman N. Kamel, Yanjing Zhao, Kresten Yvind, Minhao Pu
Published in: Journal of Lightwave Technology, Issue 41, 2023, Page(s) 4755-4761, ISSN 0733-8724
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1109/jlt.2023.3242305

Multimode AlGaAs-on-Insulator Microring Resonators for Nonlinear Photonics

Author(s): Chaochao Ye, Yang Liu, Yueguang Zhou, Yanjing Zhao, Yi Zheng, Chanju Kim, Leif Kastuo Oxenløwe, Kresten Yvind, Minhao Pu
Published in: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 2024, Page(s) 1-11, ISSN 1077-260X
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/jstqe.2024.3375788

GaAs-on-insulator ridge waveguide nanobeam cavities with integrated InAs quantum dots

Author(s): Yueguang Zhou, Yuhui Yang, Yujing Wang, Aris Koulas-Simos, Chirag C Palekar, Imad Limame, Shulun Li, Hanqing Liu, Haiqiao Ni, Zhichuan Niu, Kresten Yvind, Niels Gregersen, Minhao Pu, Stephan Reitzenstein
Published in: Materials for Quantum Technology, Issue 4, 2024, Page(s) 025403, ISSN 2633-4356
Publisher: IOP Publishinga
DOI: 10.1088/2633-4356/ad5823

Boosting all-optical wavelength conversion efficiency using an AlGaAs-on-insulator Fabry–Perot microresonator without data rate limits

Author(s): Chaochao Ye, Ping Zhao, Yang Liu, Xinda Lu, Chanju Kim, Kresten Yvind, Peter A. Andrekson, Minhao Pu
Published in: APL Photonics, Issue 10, 2025, ISSN 2378-0967
Publisher: AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/5.0239950

Surface defect effects in AlGaAs-on-Insulator photonic waveguides

Author(s): Ayman Nassar Kamel, Minhao Pu, Kresten Yvind
Published in: Optics Express, Issue 31, 2024, Page(s) 20424, ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/oe.490043

Octave‐Spanning, Deterministic Single Soliton Generation in 4H‐Silicon Carbide‐On‐Insulator Microring Resonators

Author(s): Yi Zheng, Liping Zhou, Chengli Wang, Yanjing Zhao, Ailun Yi, Kresten Yvind, Xin Ou, Minhao Pu
Published in: Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2026, ISSN 1863-8880
Publisher: Wiley - VCH Verlag GmbH & CO. KGaA
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.202501782

Super-broadband on-chip continuous spectral translation unlocking coherent optical communications beyond conventional telecom bands

Author(s): Deming Kong, Yong Liu, Zhengqi Ren, Yongmin Jung, Chanju Kim, Yong Chen, Natalie V. Wheeler, Marco N. Petrovich, Minhao Pu, Kresten Yvind, Michael Galili, Leif K. Oxenløwe, David J. Richardson, Hao H
Published in: Nature Communications, 2022, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31884-2

Conference proceedings (30)

Stimulated Brillouin Scattering on AlGaAs on Sapphire platform

Author(s): Hitesh Kumar Sahoo, Yi Zheng, Chanju Kim, Michael Galili, Kresten Yvind, Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe, Minhao Pu, and Hao Hu
Published in: The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2022
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group

Broadband Microcomb Sources for Ultra-Dense Optical Data Transmission

Author(s): Yanjing Zhao, Yi Zheng, Andreas Jacobsen, Yang Liu, Leif Kastuo Oxenløwe, Kresten Yvind, Minhao Pu
Published in: 2025 European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), 2025, Page(s) 1-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ecoc66593.2025.11263338

Efficient second-harmonic generation in silicon carbide nanowaveguides

Author(s): Yi Zheng, Ailun Yi, Chaochao Ye, Kresten Yvind, Han Zhang, Xin Ou, and Minhao Pu
Published in: CLEO: Science and Innovations, 2022
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2022.sm4o.7

High Purcell Factor Single-Photon Emitter based on Extreme Dielectric-Confinement GaAs-on-Insulator Waveguides

Author(s): Yueguang Zhou, Yujing Wang, Kresten Yvind, Niels Gregersen, and Minhao Pu
Published in: CLEO: Applications and Technology, 2022
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/cleo_at.2022.jtu3b.30

Breaking the Bandwidth-Efficiency Trade-Off of Soliton Micro-Combs via Strong Mode Coupling

Author(s): Yang Liu, Andreas Jacobsen, Thibault Wildi, Yanjing Zhao, Chaochao Ye, Yi Zheng, Camiel Op de Beeck, José Carreira, Michael Geiselmann, Kresten Yvind, Tobias Herr, Minhao Pu
Published in: 2025 European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), 2025, Page(s) 1-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ecoc66593.2025.11263229

FWM-Driven Coherent Dispersive Wave Generation Enabling Efficient Spectral Translation of Frequency Comb with Low-Power Picosecond Pulses

Author(s): Yanjing Zhao, Yujun Cheng, Kaibin Lin, Yi Zheng, Chanju Kim, Jinhui Yuan, Kresten Yvind, Qian Li, Minhao Pu
Published in: Optica Nonlinear Optics Topical Meeting 2023, Issue 13, 2023, Page(s) Th3A.2
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/nlo.2023.th3a.2

Octave-Spanning Soliton Microcomb with Over 50% Conversion Efficiency Enabled by Strong Mode Coupling

Author(s): Andreas Jacobsen, Yang Liu, Thibault Wildi, Yanjing Zhao, Chaochao Ye, Yi Zheng, Camiel Op de Beeck, José Carreira, Michael Geiselmann, Kresten Yvind, Tobias Herr, Minhao Pu
Published in: 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), 2025, Page(s) 1-1
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec65582.2025.11110909

Broadband Optical Signal Processing in AlGaAs-on-insulator Waveguides

Author(s): Minhao Pu, Yong Liu, Chanju Kim, Yi Zheng, Elizaveta Semenova, Deming Kong, Hao Hu, Michael Galili, Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe, Bart Kuyken, Maximilien Billet, Francois Leo, and Kresten Yvind
Published in: Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nanophotonics, 2020
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/iprsn.2020.itu2a.1

1 Milliwatt Pumped Error-Free 38 GBaud Wavelength Conversion with AlGaAs Microresonators of 1 GHz Intrinsic Linewidth

Author(s): Xinda Lu, Chanju Kim, Deming Kong, Nuo Chen, Yuntian Chen, Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe, Kresten Yvind, Xinliang Zhang, Lan Yang, Minhao Pu, Jing Xu
Published in: 2023 Asia Communications and Photonics Conference/2023 International Photonics and Optoelectronics Meetings (ACP/POEM), 2024, Page(s) 1-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/acp/poem59049.2023.10369703

Singly-Resonant Four-Wave Mixing Based onanOn-Chip Fabry-Perot Bragg Grating Cavity

Author(s): Chaochao Ye, Yang Liu, Chanju Kim, Kresten Yvind, Minhao Pu
Published in: 2023 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), 2024, Page(s) 1-2
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ipc57732.2023.10360682

Thermally Accessible Low-Repetition-Rate Single Soliton Combs in Mode-Coupling-Engineered Microresonators

Author(s): Yi Zheng, Andreas Jacobsen, Yanjing Zhao, Yang Liu, Haoyang Tan, Kresten Yvind, Minhao Pu
Published in: 2025 European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), 2025, Page(s) 1-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ecoc66593.2025.11263019

56 dB Parametric Gain in AlGaAs-on-insulator Nanowaveguides

Author(s): Yanjing Zhao, Chanju Kim, Yi Zheng, Chaochao Ye, Yueguang Zhou, Kresten Yvind, and Minhao Pu
Published in: CLEO: Science and Innovations, 2022, ISBN 9781557528209
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2022.sm4o.6

Ultra-High Q Silicon Nitride Microresonators Enabled Raman Lasing

Author(s): Yi Zheng, Haoyang Tan, Kresten Yvind, Minhao Pu
Published in: 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), 2025, Page(s) 1-1
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec65582.2025.11109651

Bridging Coherent Octave-Spanning Supercontinuum Generation and Integrated Laser Sources

Author(s): Yanjing Zhao, Yujun Cheng, Kaibin Lin, Yi Zheng, Chanju Kim, Jinhui Yuan, Kresten Yvind, Qian Li, Minhao Pu
Published in: 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), 2025, Page(s) 1-1
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec65582.2025.11111214

2-μm-band Coherent Transmission of Nyquist-WDM 16-QAM Signal by On-chip Spectral Translation

Author(s): Deming Kong, Yong Liu, Zhengqi Ren, Yongmin Jung, Chanju Kim, Yong Chen, Natalie Wheeler, Minhao Pu, Kresten Yvind, Michael Galili, Leif K Oxenløwe, David J Richardson, and Hao Hu
Published in: CLEO: Science and Innovations, 2021
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2021.sf1c.1

Robust Multimode Waveguide Design for Avoided Mode Crossing-Free Microresonators

Author(s): Chaochao Ye, Chanju Kim, Yi Zheng, Yueguang Zhou, Ayman N. Kamel, Yanjing Zhao, Kresten Yvind, and Minhao Pu
Published in: CLEO: Science and Innovations, 2022
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2022.sth4f.5

Soliton Generation in AlGaAs-On-Insulator Microresonators via Thermal Compensation

Author(s): Yanjing Zhao, Chaochao Ye, Yang Liu, Yueguang Zhou, Kresten Yvind, Minhao Pu
Published in: CLEO 2024, Issue 361, 2024, Page(s) SM1M.2
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2024.sm1m.2

Widely Tunable, Low-Threshold Raman Laser Based on Dispersion-Managed Lithium Niobate Microresonator

Author(s): Yanjing Zhao, Xiaoyue Liu, Kresten Yvind, Xinlun Cai, Minhao Pu
Published in: CLEO 2023, Issue 27, 2023, Page(s) STu3L.4
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2023.stu3l.4

Dark-Pulse Kerr Comb Enabled Ultrafast Terahertz Wireless Communication

Author(s): Yi Zheng, Deming Kong, Shi Jia, Liping Zhou, Chengli Wang, Ailun Yi, Michael Galili, Toshio Morioka, Kresten Yvind, Xin Ou, Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe, Minhao Pu
Published in: CLEO 2024, 2024, Page(s) SM1L.4
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2024.sm1l.4

High-power, Thermally-accessible Dissipative Kerr Soliton Generation

Author(s): Yanjing Zhao, Andreas Jacobsen, Yang Liu, Chaochao Ye, Yi Zheng, Camiel Op de Beeck, José Carreira, Michael Geiselmann, Minhao Pu
Published in: 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), 2025, Page(s) 1-1
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec65582.2025.11109405

Widely Tunable Kerr Parametric Oscillation in AlGaAs-on-Insulator Microresonators

Author(s): Chaochao Ye, Yanjing Zhao, Yang Liu, Yi Zheng, Kresten Yvind, Minhao Pu
Published in: 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), 2025, Page(s) 1-1
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec65582.2025.11110309

Octave-spanning, deterministic single soliton generation in 4H-silicon carbide-on-insulator microring resonators

Author(s): Yi Zheng, Liping Zhou, Chengli Wang, Yanjing Zhao, Ailun Yi, Kresten Yvind, Xin Ou, Minhao Pu
Published in: Advanced Photonics Congress 2023, Issue 361, 2023, Page(s) IW3A.1
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/iprsn.2023.iw3a.1

Robust Generation of Dark Soliton Combs in AlGaAs-on-Insulator Microresonators

Author(s): Yang Liu, Chaochao Ye, Yueguang Zhou, Yi Zheng, Yanjing Zhao, Leif Kasto Oxenløwe, Kresten Yvind, Minhao Pu
Published in: 2023 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), 2024, Page(s) 1-2
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ipc57732.2023.10360670

Second harmonic generation in modal phase-matched AlGaAs-on-insulator waveguides

Author(s): Xinda Lu, Yi Zheng, Chaochao Ye, Kresten Yvind, Minhao Pu
Published in: EPJ Web of Conferences, Issue 287, 2023, Page(s) 06006, ISSN 2100-014X
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202328706006

Single-mode operated multimode AlGaAs-on-insulator microring resonators for Kerr comb generation

Author(s): Chaochao Ye, Yang Liu, Yueguang Zhou, Yi Zheng, Chanju Kim, Kresten Yvind, Minhao Pu
Published in: EPJ Web of Conferences, Issue 287, 2023, Page(s) 07004, ISSN 2100-014X
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202328707004

Addressing Thermal Instability in Accessing Dissipative Kerr Solitons in AlGaAs-on-Insulator Microresonators

Author(s): Yang Liu, Yueguang Zhou, Yanjing Zhao, Chaochao Ye, Xinda Lu, Yi Zheng, Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe, Kresten Yvind, Minhao Pu
Published in: 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), 2025, Page(s) 1-1
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec65582.2025.11111553

Soliton Vortex Comb Generation in an AlGaAs Microresonator for Self-Torque Pulse Synthesis

Author(s): Y. Liu, B. Chen, Y. Zhou, C. Ye, Q. Cao, P. Huang, C. Kim, Y. Zheng, L. K. Oxenløwe, K. Yvind, J. Li, J. Li, Y. Zhang, C. Dong, S. Fu, Q. Zhan, X. Wang, J. Liu, M. Pu
Published in: CLEO 2024, 2024, Page(s) STh5C.6
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2024.sth5c.6

Fabry-Perot Bragg Grating Cavity Based Singly-Resonant Four-Wave Mixing in the AlGaAs-on-Insulator Platform

Author(s): Chaochao Ye, Yang Liu, Xinda Lu, Chanju Kim, Kresten Yvind, Minhao Pu
Published in: CLEO 2024, 2024, Page(s) STu4Q.8
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2024.stu4q.8

Avoided Mode Crossing Suppressed Microresonators with a Mode Filter Integrated Bus Waveguide

Author(s): Chanju Kim, Kresten Yvind, and Minhao Pu
Published in: CLEO: Science and Innovations, 2022
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2022.sth2f.7

Efficient Intermodal Four-Wave Mixing in AlGaAs-on-Insulator Waveguide

Author(s): Yang Liu, Chaochao Ye, Chanju Kim, Yi Zheng, Kresten Yvind, Leif K. Oxenløwe, Minhao Pu
Published in: CLEO 2023, Issue 286, 2023, Page(s) SF2P.3
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2023.sf2p.3