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Microwave Photonics Systems Based on Whispering-gallery-mode Resonators
Published on: August 5, 2013
Experimental observation of internally pumped parametric oscillation and quadratic comb generation in a χ(2)
Abstract:
We report on the experimental observation of internally pumped parametric oscillation in a high-$\!Q$Q lithium niobate microresonator under conditions of natural phase matching. Specifically, launching near-infrared pump light around 1060 nm into a $ z $z-cut congruent lithium niobate microresonator, we observe the generation of optical sidebands around the input pump under conditions where second-harmonic generation is close to natural phase matching. We find that a wide range of different sideband frequency shifts can be generated by varying the experimental parameters. Under particular conditions, we observe the cascaded generation of several sidebands around the pump-the first steps of optical frequency comb generation via cavity-enhanced second-harmonic generation.
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