Nonlinear optics and crystalline whispering gallery mode resonators

Matsko, Andrey B.; Savchenkov, Anatoliy A.; Ilchenko, Vladimir S.; Maleki, Lute

Nonlinear optics and crystalline whispering gallery mode resonators

Matsko, Andrey B.; Savchenkov, Anatoliy A.; Ilchenko, Vladimir S.; Maleki, Lute

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2014/38655

Date: 2004-01

Keywords: high-order optical filter; whispering gallery mode; parametric frequency conversion; tunable optical filter; periodically poled lithium niobate

Publisher: Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2004.

Citation: Laser Resonators and Beam Control VII Conference at SPIE's LASE 2004 Symposium, San Jose, CA, January 25-29, 2004

Abstract:

We report on our recent results concerning fabrication of high-Q whispering gallery mode (WGM) crystalline resonators, and discuss some possible applications of lithium niobate WGM resonators in nonlinear optics and photonics. In particular, we demonstrate experimentally a tunable third-order optical filter fabricated from the three metalized resonators; and report observation of parametric frequency dobuling in a WGM resonator made of periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN).

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