Title :
Wafer-scale silica optomechanical oscillators with low threshold power and low phase noise for monolithic optical frequency references
Author :
Grine, Alejandro J. ; Quack, Niels ; Grutter, Karen ; Rocheleau, Tristan O. ; Huang, Jie ; Nguyen, Chuong T. ; Wu, Ming C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present wafer-scale processed optomechanical oscillators with low threshold power (<;120μW) owing to high Qoptical = 5.3M, with phase noise of -110dBc/Hz (10kHz offset, 18.6MHz carrier). Phase noise is modeled, and measured vs. Qoptical and Qmechanical.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical fabrication; optical resonators; oscillators; radiation pressure; silicon compounds; SiO2; low phase noise; low threshold power; monolithic optical frequency references; wafer scale silica optomechanical oscillator; Noise measurement; Optical device fabrication; Optical noise; Optical ring resonators; Optical variables measurement; Phase noise; Q factor;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Banff, AB
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1511-2
DOI :
10.1109/OMEMS.2012.6318797