Optical bottle versus acoustic bottle and antibottle resonators

Sumetsky, M.

doi:10.1364/ol.42.000923

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“…This problem was addressed in Ref. [79] where it was shown that, in analogy to optical BMRs, there exist acoustic BMRs where modes can be localized by extremely small nanometer-scale radius variation. In addition, it was shown that, in contrast to optical BMRs, there exist acoustic antibottle microresonators having the shape of a neck rather than a bulge ( Fig.…”

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“…Remarkably, the characteristic length of the acoustic modes with the same axial quantum number is much greater than that for the optical modes. [78,79]).…”

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“…Fig. 17 It was shown that the BMR with gigantic axial radius of the order of 1 km can be designed so that its mechanical eigenfrequency matches the separation of its optical eigenfrequencies along the axial quantum number [78,79]. Since the axial free spectral range of acoustic modes is very small, it is desirable for this application to remove all acoustic modes except for the fundamental axial mode (black line in Fig.…”

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“…Finally, in Section 4, applications of BMRs which either have been demonstrated or seem feasible in the nearest future are considered. These applications include miniature BMR delay lines and dispersion compensators [24,[58][59][60], BMR lasers [61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68], nonlinear BMRs [69][70][71][72][73][74][75], optomechanical BMRs [76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83], BMR for quantum processing [84][85][86][87][88], and BMR sensors [89][90][91][92][93][94][95][96][97].…”

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Optical bottle microresonators

Sumetsky

2019

Progress in Quantum Electronics

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The optical microresonators reviewed in this paper are called bottle microresonators because their profile often resembles an elongated spheroid or a microscopic bottle. These resonators are commonly fabricated from an optical fiber by variation of its radius. Generally, variation of the bottle microresonator (BMR) radius along the fiber axis can be quite complex presenting, e.g., a series of coupled BMRs positioned along the fiber. Similar to optical spherical and toroidal microresonators, BMRs support whispering gallery modes (WGMs) which are localized inside the resonator due to the effect of total internal reflection. The elongation of BMRs along the fiber axis enables their several important properties and applications not possible to realize with other optical microresonators. The paper starts with the review of the BMR theory, which includes their spectral properties, slow WGM propagation along BMRs, theory of Surface Nanoscale Axial Photonics (SNAP) BMRs, theory of resonant transmission of light through BMR microresonators coupled to transverse waveguides (microfibers), theory of nonstationary WGMs in BMRs, and theory of nonlinear BMRs. Next, the fabrication methods of BMRs including melting of optical fibers, fiber annealing in SNAP technology, rolling of semiconductor bilayers, solidifying of a UV-curable adhesive, and others are reviewed. Finally, the applications of BMRs which either have been demonstrated or feasible in the nearest future are considered. These applications include miniature BMR delay lines, BMR lasers, nonlinear BMRs, optomechanical BMRs, BMR for quantum processing, and BMR sensors. z mp r mp mp w z n z dz q z z

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“…Remarkably, the characteristic length of the acoustic modes with the same axial quantum number is much greater than that for the optical modes. [78,79]).…”

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Sumetsky

2019

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“…As the result, the distribution of WGMs along the fiber axis can be controlled by extremely small nanoscale variation of the fiber radius. Potential applications of the SNAP platform include slow light delay lines, buffers and signal processors [3,4], frequency comb generators [5], optomechanical devices [6], and microfluidic sensors and manipulators [7]. This paper presents the first experimental demonstration of SNAP microresonators at a thin optical capillary fiber and establishes the groundwork for the development of SNAP microfluidic sensors [7].…”

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Surface nanoscale axial photonics (SNAP) at the silica microcapillary with ultrathin wall

Hamidfar

Dmitriev

Magdan³

et al. 2017

2017 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)

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Double harmonic mode-locking in soliton fiber ring laser acquired through the resonant optoacoustic coupling

Ribenek,

Itrin,

Korobko

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APL Photonics

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Passive harmonic mode-locking of a soliton fiber laser locked to optoacoustic resonance (OAR) in the cavity fiber ensures high-frequency laser operation, high pulse stability, and low timing jitter. However, the pulse repetition rate (PRR) of such lasers is limited to ∼1 GHz for standard fibers due to the available acoustic modes. Here, we address these limitations by demonstrating a soliton fiber laser built from standard fiber components and subjected to double harmonic mode-locking (DHML). As an example, the laser adjusted to operate at the 15th harmonic of its cavity matching the OAR at ∼199 MHz could be driven to operate at a high harmonic of this particular OAR frequency, thus reaching ∼12 GHz. This breakthrough is made possible through controllable optoacoustic interactions in a short, 50 cm segment of unjacketed cavity fiber. We propose that the precise alignment of the laser cavity harmonic and fiber acoustic modes leads to a long-lived narrow-band acoustic vibration. This vibration sets the pace for the pulses circulating in the cavity by suppressing modes that do not conform to the Vernier principle. The surviving modes, equally spaced by the OAR frequency, in cooperation with the gain depletion and recovery mechanism, facilitate the formation of stable high-frequency pulse sequences, enabling DHML. In this process, the OAR rather than the laser cavity defines the elementary step for laser PRR tuning. Throughout the entire PRR tuning range, the soliton fiber laser exhibits enhanced stability, demonstrating supermode suppression levels better than ∼40 dB and picosecond pulse timing jitter.

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Optical bottle versus acoustic bottle and antibottle resonators

Cited by 6 publications

References 22 publications

Optical bottle microresonators

Optical bottle microresonators

Surface nanoscale axial photonics (SNAP) at the silica microcapillary with ultrathin wall

Double harmonic mode-locking in soliton fiber ring laser acquired through the resonant optoacoustic coupling

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