Soliton generation using crystalline whispering gallery mode resonators

A system comprising:

• a photonic integrated circuit having at least one optical waveguide formed thereon;
• a crystalline microresonator spaced apart from the photonic integrated circuit;
• a laser system coupled to the at least one optical waveguide;
• a photonic wirebond generator;
• and
• a controller configured to
• control the photonic wirebond generator to write a photonic wirebond to at least one optical waveguide to position the photonic wirebond at a first coupling position relative to a crystalline microresonator,
• control the laser system to inject optical power into the at least one optical waveguide,
• determine a number of generated light modes within the crystalline microresonator, and
• perform a peak search to locate at least one soliton step corresponding to at least one of the generated light modes within the crystalline microresonator.

A computer program product comprising one or more non-transitory machine-readable mediums having instructions encoded thereon that when executed by at least one processor cause a method for generating solitons in a microresonator to be carried out, the method comprising:

• writing a photonic wirebond to at least one optical waveguide to position the photonic wirebond at a first coupling position relative to the microresonator;
• injecting optical power into the at least one optical waveguide;
• determining a number of generated light modes within the microresonator;
• and
• performing a peak search to locate at least one soliton step corresponding to at least one of the generated light modes within the microresonator.