Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 16, 1623021(2023)

Nonlinear Scattering Effect Based on Ultrahigh-Q Factor CaF2 Crystal Microcavity

Quanjin Kuang1,2, Chengfeng Xie1,2、*, Mengyu Wang1,2、**, Qinggui Tan3, Zhuang Guo1,2, Lingfeng Wu2, Hailin Zhang1,2, Bin Wei1,2, Lei Zhang4, and Xingdao He1,2、***
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Science and Technology of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, Jiangxi, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Nondestructive Test, Ministry of Education, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, Jiangxi, China
  • 3China Academy of Space Technology (Xi'an), Xi'an 710000, Shaanxi, China
  • 4Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
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    Schematic of FWM and SBS in microcavity. (a) Diagram of SBS energy levels; (b) FWM energy level diagram; (c) Brillouin laser generation process; (d) schematic of degenerate FWM and non-degenerate FWM; (e) schematic of Brillouin-coupled FWM in microcavity
    Schematic of modulation instability in the microcavity, Brillouin gain, and Raman gain
    Transmission spectrun of CaF2 crystal microcavity and microcavity microscopic photo. (a) Transmission spectrum of CaF2 crystal microcavity; (b) Lorentz fitting line; (c) microscopic photograph of CaF2 crystal microcavity
    Schematic of nonlinear experimental device based on CaF2 crystal microcavity and forward direction and opposite direction transmission spectra under high power
    SBS effect. (a) First-order Brillouin signal; (b) cascade Brillouin signal; (c) first-order Brillouin-coupled comb signal
    Brillouin-coupled four wave mixing signal. (a)(b) First-order Brillouin light frequency comb with double FSR; (c)(d) first-order Brillouin light frequency comb with single FSR
    Result of stimulated Raman experiments. (a) First-order Raman laser; (b) first-order Raman comb; (c) broadband frequency comb; (d) local amplification on the left side of the broadband frequency comb; (e) first-order Raman comb enlargement
    Optical frequency comb experimental results. (a) Optical frequency comb in the wavelength range of 900 nm, illustration is a luminescence photo of CaF2 crystal microcavity; (b) local magnification of the central wavelength of 850 nm; (c) local enlargement around the pump light; (d) local magnification of first-order Raman comb
    • Table 1. Experimental comparative analysis of nonlinear optical effect on different optical microcavity platforms

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      Table 1. Experimental comparative analysis of nonlinear optical effect on different optical microcavity platforms

      MaterialStructureQ factorOrder of BrillouinRange of Raman combRange of broadband combReference
      SiO2microsphere~1071st\100 nm24
      microbottle3.73×1084th50 nm200 nm17
      microtoroid1.5×1071st\\12
      microrod1×108\14 nm\19
      microbubble\4th\80 nm10
      Telluritemicrosphere2.5×1074th\\27
      BaF2microdisk\6th300 GHz(3 nm)\14
      SrF2microdisk\1st100 GHz(1 nm)80 GHz(0.8 nm)14
      CaF2microdisk3.6×1084th35 nm900 nmThis work
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    Quanjin Kuang, Chengfeng Xie, Mengyu Wang, Qinggui Tan, Zhuang Guo, Lingfeng Wu, Hailin Zhang, Bin Wei, Lei Zhang, Xingdao He. Nonlinear Scattering Effect Based on Ultrahigh-Q Factor CaF2 Crystal Microcavity[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2023, 43(16): 1623021

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Devices

    Received: Jun. 21, 2023

    Accepted: Jul. 11, 2023

    Published Online: Aug. 15, 2023

    The Author Email: Xie Chengfeng (xcf@nchu.edu.cn), Wang Mengyu (mengyu@nchu.edu.cn), He Xingdao (hxd@nchu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS231174

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