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We theoretically and experimentally investigate the noise properties of four-wave mixing-based optical-parametric oscillators (OPOs) in silicon nitride microresonators. Such OPOs can operate at ultralow-noise levels and serve as a dual-point source for optical- frequency division. 

We theoretically study a network of microresonator-based χ(3) degenerate optical parametric oscillators (DOPO’s). We investigate the influence of coupling on the global oscillation condition and show that the system can emulate the Ising model. 

Abstract Low propagation loss in high confinement waveguides is critical for chip‐based nonlinear photonics applications. Sophisticated fabrication processes which yield sub‐nm roughness are generally needed to reduce scattering points at the waveguide interfaces to achieve ultralow propagation loss. Here, ultralow propagation loss is shown by shaping the mode using a highly multimode structure to reduce its overlap with the waveguide interfaces, thus relaxing the fabrication processing requirements. Microresonators with intrinsic quality factors (Q) of 31.8 ± 4.4 million are experimentally demonstrated. Although the microresonators support ten transverse modes only the fundamental mode is excited and no higher order modes are observed when using nonlinear adiabatic bends. A record‐low threshold pump power of 73 µW for parametric oscillation is measured and a broadband, almost octave spanning single‐soliton frequency comb without any signatures of higher order modes in the spectrum spanning from 1097 to 2040 nm (126 THz) is generated in the multimode microresonator. This work provides a design method that can be applied to different material platforms to achieve and use ultrahigh‐Qmultimode microresonators.