Cavity Enhancement of Anti-Stokes Scattering via Optomechanical Coupling with Surface Acoustic Waves

2018/08/02 by Ayato Okada, Fumikazu Oguro, Atsushi Noguchi +4 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · Engineering · #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Photonic and Optical Devices #Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies

paper · doi:10.1103/physrevapplied.10.024002

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Abstract

Strong acousto-optical interaction can be a basis for efficient microwave-to-optical signal transduction (of interest in e.g. quantum information processing), which is currently hindered by the weak intrinsic coupling strength. This study investigates the coupling between a surface acoustic wave (SAW) and the field inside an optical resonator, which leads to selective enhancement of the anti-Stokes scattering process. A well-known focusing technique is used to confine the SAW within a small region, for further improvement of the coupling strength. The polarization-dependent acousto-optical coupling identified in this study might also offer additional functionalities to a transducer.

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• Yasunobu Nakamura [wikipedia]