Fig. 4. Second-order non-collinear autocorrelation measurement of platicon states.
a Experimental setup for the autocorrelation measurement. EDFA: erbium-doped fiber amplifer. HWP: half-wave-plate. QWP: quarter-wave-plate. SHG: second harmonic generation. FBG: fiber Bragg grating notch filter. b, d Microcomb optical spectra of a dual-platicon state and a 4-platicon perfect crystal state, respectively, with pump line suppressed by an FBG filter. Since the dual-platicon state is not a perfect crystal state, its comb line spacing is of a single FSR. For the 4-platicon perfect crystal state, the comb line spacing is 4 FSR. c, e The corresponding intensity autocorrelation traces of the two platicon states.