Barium fluoride whispering-gallery-mode disk-resonator with one billion quality-factor

Barium fluoride whispering-gallery-mode disk-resonator with one billion quality-factor.

We demonstrate a monolithic optical whispering-gallery-mode resonator fabricated with barium fluoride (BaF₂) with an ultra-high quality (Q) factor above 10⁹ at 1550 nm, and measured with both the linewidth and cavity-ring-down methods. Vertical scanning optical profilometry shows that the root mean square surface roughness of 2 nm is achieved for our mm-size disk. To the best of our knowledge, ...

Quantum light from a whispering-gallery-mode disk resonator.

Optical parametric down-conversion has proven to be a valuable source of nonclassical light. The process is inherently able to produce twin-beam correlations along with individual intensity squeezing of either parametric beam, when pumped far above threshold. Here, we present for the first time the direct observation of intensity squeezing of -1.2  dB of each of the individual parametric beams ...

Brillouin lasing with a CaF2 whispering gallery mode resonator.

Stimulated Brillouin scattering with both pump and Stokes beams in resonance with whispering gallery modes of an ultrahigh Q calcium fluoride resonator is demonstrated for the first time. The resonator is pumped with 1064 nm light and has 3 muW Brillouin lasing threshold. The scattering is observed due to the unique morphology of the resonator reducing the phase mismatch between the optical mod...

Cascaded Brillouin lasing in monolithic barium fluoride whispering gallery mode resonators

Optical Second Harmonic Generation in a Whispering Gallery Mode Resonator

We are developing high quality factor whispering gallery mode resonator (WGMR) disks for use in quantum information experiments. Our polished lithium niobate disks achieved a quality factor on the order of 10. We report the use of Type-I noncritical phase matching in a lithium niobate whispering gallery mode resonator disk to produce optical second harmonic generation at λ = 532nm. This process...