Title :
A chip-based micro-cavity optical parametric oscillator (/spl mu/OPO)
Author :
Kippenberg, T.J. ; Spillane, S.M. ; Vahala, K.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report a micro-scale optical parametric oscillator (/spl mu/OPO). Oscillations are observed at record low threshold values (170 micro-Watts) with highly ideal (97%) signal-to-idler photon emission. High conversion efficiencies (36%) are achieved.
Keywords :
micro-optics; microcavities; optical parametric oscillators; 170 muW; chip-based OPO; microcavity OPO; microscale optical parametric oscillator; optical parametric oscillator; signal-to-idler photon emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
