Optical wavelength conversion via optomechanical coupling in a silica resonator
Quantum Physics
2012-05-11 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Abstract
We report the experimental demonstration of converting coherent optical fields between two different optical wavelengths by coupling two optical modes to a mechanical breathing mode in a silica resonator. The experiment is based on an itinerant approach, in which state-mapping from optical to mechanical and from mechanical to another optical state takes place simultaneously. In contrast to conventional nonlinear optical processes, optomechanical impedance matching as well as efficient optical input-output coupling, instead of phase-matching, plays a crucial role in optomechanics-based wavelength conversion.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1205.2360,
title = {Optical wavelength conversion via optomechanical coupling in a silica resonator},
author = {Chunhua Dong and Victor Fiore and Mark C. Kuzyk and Lin Tian and Hailin Wang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.2360},
year = {2012}
}