  The influence of Raman scattering and higher order dispersions on solitons
and frequency comb generation in silica microring resonators is investigated.
The Raman effect introduces a threshold value in the resonator quality factor
above which the frequency locked solitons can not exist and, instead, a rich
dynamics characterized by generation of self-frequency shift- ing solitons and
dispersive waves is observed. A mechanism of broadening of the Cherenkov
radiation through Hopf instability of the frequency locked solitons is also
reported.
