Microwave whispering gallery resonator for efficient optical up-conversion
Quantum Physics
2010-08-04 v2
Abstract
Conversion of microwave radiation into the optical range has been predicted to reach unity quantum efficiency in whispering gallery resonators made from an optically nonlinear crystal and supporting microwave and optical modes simultaneously. In this work we theoretically explore and experimentally demonstrate a resonator geometry that can provide the required phase matching for such a conversion at any desired frequency in the sub-THz range. We show that such a ring-shaped resonator not only allows for the phase matching, but also maximizes the overlap of the interacting fields. As a result, unity-efficient conversion is expected in a resonator with feasible parameters.
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@article{arxiv.0905.2961,
title = {Microwave whispering gallery resonator for efficient optical up-conversion},
author = {D. V. Strekalov and H. G. L. Schwefel and A. A. Savchenkov and A. B. Matsko and L. J. Wang and N. Yu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.2961},
year = {2010}
}
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See also arXiv:0807.5098v2