Design of an efficient terahertz source using triply resonant nonlinear photonic crystal cavities
We propose a scheme for efficient cavity-enhanced nonlinear THz generation via difference-frequency generation (DFG) processes using a triply resonant system based on photonic crystal cavities. We show that high nonlinear overlap can be achieved by coupling a THz cavity to a doubly-resonant, dual-po...
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| author | Burgess, Ian B. Zhang, Yinan McCutcheon, Murray W. Rodriguez, Alejandro W. Bravo-Abad, Jorge Johnson, Steven G. Loncar, Marko |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics Burgess, Ian B. Zhang, Yinan McCutcheon, Murray W. Rodriguez, Alejandro W. Bravo-Abad, Jorge Johnson, Steven G. Loncar, Marko |
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| description | We propose a scheme for efficient cavity-enhanced nonlinear THz generation via difference-frequency generation (DFG) processes using a triply resonant system based on photonic crystal cavities. We show that high nonlinear overlap can be achieved by coupling a THz cavity to a doubly-resonant, dual-polarization near-infrared (e.g. telecom band) photonic-crystal nanobeam cavity, allowing the mixing of three mutually orthogonal fundamental cavity modes through a χ[super script (2)] nonlinearity. We demonstrate through coupled-mode theory that complete depletion of the pump frequency — i.e., quantum-limited conversion — is possible. We show that the output power at the point of optimal total conversion efficiency is adjustable by varying the mode quality (Q) factors. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/803072022-09-29T18:16:22Z Design of an efficient terahertz source using triply resonant nonlinear photonic crystal cavities Burgess, Ian B. Zhang, Yinan McCutcheon, Murray W. Rodriguez, Alejandro W. Bravo-Abad, Jorge Johnson, Steven G. Loncar, Marko Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Rodriguez, Alejandro W. Bravo-Abad, Jorge Johnson, Steven G. We propose a scheme for efficient cavity-enhanced nonlinear THz generation via difference-frequency generation (DFG) processes using a triply resonant system based on photonic crystal cavities. We show that high nonlinear overlap can be achieved by coupling a THz cavity to a doubly-resonant, dual-polarization near-infrared (e.g. telecom band) photonic-crystal nanobeam cavity, allowing the mixing of three mutually orthogonal fundamental cavity modes through a χ[super script (2)] nonlinearity. We demonstrate through coupled-mode theory that complete depletion of the pump frequency — i.e., quantum-limited conversion — is possible. We show that the output power at the point of optimal total conversion efficiency is adjustable by varying the mode quality (Q) factors. Harvard University. Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (Contract W911NF-07-D-0004) United States. Dept. of Energy (Grant DE-FG02-97ER25308) 2013-08-27T17:12:44Z 2013-08-27T17:12:44Z 2009-10 2009-10 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1094-4087 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80307 Burgess, Ian B., Yinan Zhang, Murray W. McCutcheon, Alejandro W. Rodriguez, Jorge Bravo-Abad, Steven G. Johnson, and Marko Loncar. “Design of an efficient terahertz source using triply resonant nonlinear photonic crystal cavities.” Optics Express 17, no. 22 (October 20, 2009): 20099. © 2009 Optical Society of America https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7327-4967 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.020099 Optics Express Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Optical Society of America MIT web domain |
| spellingShingle | Burgess, Ian B. Zhang, Yinan McCutcheon, Murray W. Rodriguez, Alejandro W. Bravo-Abad, Jorge Johnson, Steven G. Loncar, Marko Design of an efficient terahertz source using triply resonant nonlinear photonic crystal cavities |
| title | Design of an efficient terahertz source using triply resonant nonlinear photonic crystal cavities |
| title_full | Design of an efficient terahertz source using triply resonant nonlinear photonic crystal cavities |
| title_fullStr | Design of an efficient terahertz source using triply resonant nonlinear photonic crystal cavities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design of an efficient terahertz source using triply resonant nonlinear photonic crystal cavities |
| title_short | Design of an efficient terahertz source using triply resonant nonlinear photonic crystal cavities |
| title_sort | design of an efficient terahertz source using triply resonant nonlinear photonic crystal cavities |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80307 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7327-4967 |
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