Retrieving the Complex Intracavity Pump Field of a Kerr Comb from the Through Port Data

TL;DR

This paper introduces a method to accurately retrieve the complex intracavity pump field from through port data, enabling better characterization of Kerr combs and dark soliton formation in microresonators.

Contribution

A novel technique for extracting the intracavity pump field from through port measurements, validated through time-domain waveform characterization of dark solitons.

Findings

Successful retrieval of intracavity pump field from through port data

Verification through time-domain waveform analysis of dark solitons

Enhanced understanding of Kerr comb dynamics in microresonators

Abstract

A method of retrieving the complex intracavity pump field from the through port is proposed, and verified through characterizing the time-domain waveform of a mode-locked comb related to dark soliton formation in a normal-dispersion microresonator.