• DocumentCode
    1668737
  • Title

    Microcavity Brillouin laser with high coherence

  • Author

    Li, Jiang ; Lee, Hansuek ; Chen, Tong ; Painter, Oskar ; Vahala, Kerry

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The first chip-based stimulated Brillouin laser (SBL) is demonstrated. It has efficiency of 90% and exhibits record coherence for an on-chip device, featuring Schawlow-Townes frequency noise of 60 milliHz2/Hz. Low technical noise is also observed.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; laser beams; light coherence; microcavity lasers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Schawlow-Townes frequency noise; chip based stimulated Brillouin laser; high optical coherence; microcavity Brillouin laser; Coherence; Laser noise; Laser theory; Measurement by laser beam; Optical resonators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326235