Optical frequency conversion in silica-whispering-gallery-mode microspherical resonators

Phys Rev Lett. 2014 Mar 7;112(9):093901. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.093901. Epub 2014 Mar 6.

Abstract

High quality factor whispering-gallery-mode microresonators are ideally suited for nonlinear optical interactions. We analyze, experimentally and theoretically, a variety of χ((3)) nonlinear interactions in silica microspheres, consisting of third harmonic generation and Raman assisted third order sum-frequency generation in the visible. A tunable, room temperature, cw multicolor emission in silica microspherical whispering-gallery-mode microresonators has been achieved by controlling the cavity mode dispersion and exciting nonequatorial modes for efficient frequency conversion.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Microspheres*
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Optics and Photonics / instrumentation
  • Optics and Photonics / methods*
  • Silicon Dioxide / chemistry*
  • Spectrum Analysis, Raman / instrumentation
  • Spectrum Analysis, Raman / methods

Substances

  • Silicon Dioxide