Self-injection-locked second-harmonic integrated source

Autor: Ling, Jingwei, Staffa, Jeremy, Wang, Heming, Shen, Boqiang, Chang, Lin, Javid, Usman A., Wu, Lue, Yuan, Zhiquan, Lopez-Rios, Raymond, Li, Mingxiao, He, Yang, Li, Bohan, Bowers, John E., Vahala, Kerry J., Lin, Qiang
Rok vydání: 2022
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
Popis: High coherence visible and near-visible laser sources are centrally important to the operation of advanced position/navigation/timing systems as well as classical/quantum sensing systems. However, the complexity and size of these bench-top lasers is an impediment to their transitioning beyond the laboratory. Here, a system-on-a-chip that emits high-coherence visible and near-visible lightwaves is demonstrated. The devices rely upon a new approach wherein wavelength conversion and coherence increase by self-injection-locking are combined within in a single nonlinear resonator. This simplified approach is demonstrated in a hybridly-integrated device and provides a short-term linewidth around 10-30 kHz. On-chip, converted optical power over 2 mW is also obtained. Moreover, measurements show that heterogeneous integration can result in conversion efficiency higher than 25% with output power over 11 mW. Because the approach uses mature III-V pump lasers in combination with thin-film lithium niobate, it can be scaled for low-cost manufacturing of high-coherence visible emitters. Also, the coherence generation process can be transferred to other frequency conversion processes including optical parametric oscillation, sum/difference frequency generation, and third-harmonic generation.
Databáze: arXiv