Second-harmonic generation using -quasi-phasematching in a GaAs whispering-gallery-mode microcavity

Paulina S. Kuo, Jorge Bravo-Abad and Glenn S. Solomon ()
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Paulina S. Kuo: Joint Quantum Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology, & University of Maryland
Jorge Bravo-Abad: Joint Quantum Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology, & University of Maryland
Glenn S. Solomon: Joint Quantum Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology, & University of Maryland

Nature Communications, 2014, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract The crystal symmetry in materials such as GaAs can enable quasi-phasematching for efficient optical frequency conversion without poling, twinning or other engineered domain inversions. symmetry means that a 90° rotation is equivalent to a crystallographic inversion. Therefore, when light circulates about the axis, as in GaAs whispering-gallery-mode microdisks, it encounters effective domain inversions that can produce quasi-phasematching. Microdisk resonators also offer resonant field enhancement, resulting in highly efficient frequency conversion in micrometre-scale volumes. These devices can be integrated in photonic circuits as compact frequency convertors, sources of radiation or entangled photons. Here we present the first experimental observation of second-harmonic generation in a whispering-gallery-mode microcavity utilizing -quasi-phasematching. We use a tapered fibre to couple into the 5-μm diameter microdisk resonator, resulting in a normalized conversion efficiency η≈5 × 10−5mW−1. Simulations indicate that when accounting for fibre-cavity scattering, the normalized conversion efficiency is η≈3 × 10−3mW−1.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4109

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