Title :
Giant enhancement of stimulated Brillouin scattering in the sub-wavelength limit
Author :
Rakich, Peter T. ; Reinke, Charles ; Camacho, Ryan ; Davids, Paul ; Wang, Zheng
Author_Institution :
Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
We show that the nature of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) radically changes at nanoscales due to tremendous internal radiation pressures. Coherent interplay between radiation pressure and electrostriction yields giant enhancement of SBS and tailorable photon-phonon coupling.
Keywords :
electrostriction; light coherence; phonons; radiation pressure; stimulated Brillouin scattering; electrostriction; internal radiation pressures; photon-phonon coupling; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Couplings; Nanoscale devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
