Mode locking in an optomechanical cavity

Buks, Eyal; Levi, Roei; Martin, Ivar

doi:10.1209/0295-5075/129/24005

Title: Mode locking in an optomechanical cavity

Abstract

Here, we experimentally study a fiber-based optical ring cavity integrated with a mechanical resonator mirror and an optical amplifier. The device exhibits a variety of intriguing nonlinear effects including synchronization and self-excited oscillation. Passively generated optical pulses are observed when the frequency of the optical ring cavity is tuned very close to the mechanical frequency of the suspended mirror. The optical power at the threshold of this process of mechanical mode locking is found to be related to quantum noise of the optical amplifier.

Authors:

Buks, Eyal ^[1]; Levi, Roei ^[1]; Martin, Ivar ^[2]

Technion-Israel Inst. of Technology, Haifa (Israel)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Publication Date:: Fri Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2020

Research Org.:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1630732

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Europhysics Letters (Online)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Europhysics Letters (Online); Journal Volume: 129; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1286-4854

Publisher:: IOP Publishing

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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  abstractNote = {Here, we experimentally study a fiber-based optical ring cavity integrated with a mechanical resonator mirror and an optical amplifier. The device exhibits a variety of intriguing nonlinear effects including synchronization and self-excited oscillation. Passively generated optical pulses are observed when the frequency of the optical ring cavity is tuned very close to the mechanical frequency of the suspended mirror. The optical power at the threshold of this process of mechanical mode locking is found to be related to quantum noise of the optical amplifier.},

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