Nonlinear and quantum optics with whispering gallery resonators

DV Strekalov, C Marquardt, AB Matsko… - Journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Optical whispering gallery modes (WGMs) derive their name from a famous acoustic
phenomenon of guiding a wave by a curved boundary observed nearly a century ago. This …

Spectral purification of microwave signals with disciplined dissipative Kerr solitons

W Weng, E Lucas, G Lihachev, VE Lobanov, H Guo… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
Continuous-wave-driven Kerr nonlinear microresonators give rise to self-organization in
terms of dissipative Kerr solitons, which constitute optical frequency combs that can be used …

Whispering gallery mode microresonator for nonlinear optics

Y Li, X Jiang, G Zhao, L Yang - arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.04878, 2018 - arxiv.org
Whispering gallery mode (WGM) microresonators, benefitting from the ultrahigh quality (Q)
factors and small mode volumes, could considerably enhance the light-matter interaction …

Nonlinear optical oscillation dynamics in high-Q lithium niobate microresonators

X Sun, H Liang, R Luo, WC Jiang, XC Zhang, Q Lin - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Recent advance of lithium niobate microphotonic devices enables the exploration of
intriguing nonlinear optical effects. We show complex nonlinear oscillation dynamics in high …

Thermal Effects on Kerr Comb Generation in a CaF2 Whispering-Gallery Mode Microcavity

T Kobatake, T Kato, H Itobe, Y Nakagawa… - IEEE Photonics …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We numerically investigate the dynamics of Kerr comb generation in a calcium fluoride
whispering gallery mode (WGM) microcavity taking thermal effects into account. Soliton …

Enhanced sensing resolution with microcavity mode oscillation generated by thermal-optic and photorefractive nonlinearity

X Wang, J Wu, C Chen, T Yuan, Y Chen… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Optical microcavity has proven its potential for unlabeled sensing. Here, we propose and
demonstrate in a lithium niobate on insulator microcavity an enhanced sensing approach …

Observation of nonlinear dynamics in an optical levitation system

J Ma, J Qin, GT Campbell, G Guccione… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Optical levitation of mechanical oscillators has been suggested as a promising way to
decouple the environmental noise and increase the mechanical quality factor. Here, we …

Squeezing the fundamental temperature fluctuations of a high- microresonator

X Sun, R Luo, XC Zhang, Q Lin - Physical Review A, 2017 - APS
Temperature fluctuations of an optical resonator underlie a fundamental limit of its cavity
stability. Here we show that the fundamental temperature fluctuations of a high-Q …

Mode-interactions and polarization conversion in a crystalline microresonator

W Weng, AN Luiten - Optics Letters, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We observe couplings between orthogonally polarized modes in a birefringent whispering-
gallery-mode resonator. The modes show strong interactions leading to polarization …

Analysis of field evolution and regulation inside a microcavity with thermal effect

X Xu, H Ye, C Jiao, X Jin, C Pan, D Chen… - Infrared Physics & …, 2024 - Elsevier
The influence of thermal effects on the field within the microcavity has been investigated.
Results show that these thermal effects can induce thermal detuning, which promotes the …