Title :
Nonlinear optics with WGM crystalline resonators: advances and puzzles
Author :
Matsko, Andrey B. ; Savchenkov, Anatoliy A. ; Ilchenko, Vladimir S. ; Maleki, Lute
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper we discuss theoretical aspects of achieving ultrahigh Q-factors in crystalline whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonators as well as peculiarities of parametric frequency conversion, low threshold parametric oscillations based on degenerate four-wave mixing, photorefractivity, and thermo-optical instabilities observed in the resonators.
Keywords :
Q-factor; multiwave mixing; optical frequency conversion; optical resonators; photorefractive effect; photorefractive materials; thermo-optical effects; crystalline whispering gallery mode resonators; degenerate four-wave mixing; low threshold parametric oscillations; nonlinear optics; parametric frequency conversion; photorefractivity; thermo-optical instabilities; ultrahigh Q-factors; Crystallization; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical materials; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Q factor; Rayleigh scattering; Resonance light scattering; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Biophotonics/Optical Interconnects and VLSI Photonics/WBM Microcavities, 2004 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8306-0
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2004.1338726
