Characterizing optical resonances using spatial mode reshaping

Zhang, Wei; Charous, Aaron; Nagai, Masaya; Mittleman, Daniel M.; Mendis, Rajind

doi:10.1364/optica.5.001414

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“…These include asymmetric splitring resonances that support sharp Fano type resonances [48], and defect or guided modes in dielectric photonic crystal slabs [49,50]. Additionally, high Q factor resonances associated with bound states in the continuum observed in dielectric metamaterials as in [51][52][53] would also benefit from enhanced spectral resolution. Beyond direct measurement of high Q resonances, it is interesting to sense shifts in the frequency of the resonances from the introduction of either thin dielectric films [54] or bio-molecules [55].…”

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Ultra-high-resolution software-defined photonic terahertz spectroscopy

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Optica

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A novel technique for high-resolution 1.5 µm photonics-enabled terahertz (THz) spectroscopy using software control of the illumination spectral line shape (SLS) is presented. The technique enhances the performance of a continuous-wave THz spectrometer to reveal previously inaccessible details of closely spaced spectral peaks. We demonstrate the technique by performing spectroscopy on LiYF 4 :Ho 3+ , a material of interest for quantum science and technology, where we discriminate between inhomogeneous Gaussian and homogeneous Lorentzian contributions to absorption lines near 0.2 THz. Ultra-high-resolution (<100 Hz full-width at half maximum) frequency-domain spectroscopy with quality factor Q > 2 × 10 9 is achieved using an exact frequency spacing comb source in the optical communications band, with a custom uni-traveling-carrier photodiode mixer and coherent down-conversion detection. Software-defined time-domain modulation of one of the comb lines is demonstrated and used to resolve the sample SLS and to obtain a magnetic field-free readout of the electronuclear spectrum for the Ho 3+ ions in LiYF 4 :Ho 3+ . In particular, homogeneous and inhomogeneous contributions to the spectrum are readily separated. The experiment reveals previously unmeasured information regarding the hyperfine structure of the first excited state in the 5 I 8 manifold complementing the results reported in Phys. Rev. B 94, 205132 (2016).Published by The Optical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI.

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