The calcium fluoride(CaF_(2))whispering gallery mode crystalline resonator is an excellent platform for nonlinear optical applications because of the decreasing in threshold caused by ultrahigh quality(Q)factor.In thi...The calcium fluoride(CaF_(2))whispering gallery mode crystalline resonator is an excellent platform for nonlinear optical applications because of the decreasing in threshold caused by ultrahigh quality(Q)factor.In this paper,we achieved the observation of Raman lasing,first-order Raman comb,and second-order Raman lasing in a CaF_(2)disk resonator with a diameter of 4.96 mm and an ultrahigh-Q of 8.43×10^(8)at 1550-nm wavelength.We also observed thermal effects in CaF_(2)disk resonator,and the threshold of thermo-optical oscillation is approximately coincident with Raman lasing,since the intracavity power increases rapidly when the power reaches the threshold,and higher input pump power results in longer thermal drift and higher Raman emission power.With a further increase in pump power,the optical frequency combs range is from 1520 nm to 1650 nm,with a wavelength interval of 4×FSR.It is a promising candidate for optical communication,biological environment monitoring,spectral analysis,and microwave signal sources.展开更多
Studies on terahertz(THz)radiation and functiona devices have drawn increasing attention due to their applications in biological imaging and sensing nondestructive evaluation,national security,spectroscopy and high ...Studies on terahertz(THz)radiation and functiona devices have drawn increasing attention due to their applications in biological imaging and sensing nondestructive evaluation,national security,spectroscopy and high speed communication.Tunable THz sources based on difference frequency or parametric oscillation generation are highly efficient and reliable for these applications展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51727808,51922009,52005457,and 62004179)the Fund from the Key Laboratory of Quantum Sensing and Precision Measurement of Shanxi Province,China(Grant No.201905D121001)。
文摘The calcium fluoride(CaF_(2))whispering gallery mode crystalline resonator is an excellent platform for nonlinear optical applications because of the decreasing in threshold caused by ultrahigh quality(Q)factor.In this paper,we achieved the observation of Raman lasing,first-order Raman comb,and second-order Raman lasing in a CaF_(2)disk resonator with a diameter of 4.96 mm and an ultrahigh-Q of 8.43×10^(8)at 1550-nm wavelength.We also observed thermal effects in CaF_(2)disk resonator,and the threshold of thermo-optical oscillation is approximately coincident with Raman lasing,since the intracavity power increases rapidly when the power reaches the threshold,and higher input pump power results in longer thermal drift and higher Raman emission power.With a further increase in pump power,the optical frequency combs range is from 1520 nm to 1650 nm,with a wavelength interval of 4×FSR.It is a promising candidate for optical communication,biological environment monitoring,spectral analysis,and microwave signal sources.
文摘Studies on terahertz(THz)radiation and functiona devices have drawn increasing attention due to their applications in biological imaging and sensing nondestructive evaluation,national security,spectroscopy and high speed communication.Tunable THz sources based on difference frequency or parametric oscillation generation are highly efficient and reliable for these applications