Affiliation:
1. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
2. Harbin Engineering University
3. Chalmers University of Technology
4. University College Cork
5. Shenzhen University
Abstract
There are extensive studies to date on optical nonlinearities in microcavities at the near and mid-IR wavelengths. Pushing this research into the visible region is equally valuable. Here, we demonstrate a directly pumped, blue band Kerr frequency comb and stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) at 462 nm in a silica nanofiber-coupled whispering gallery microcavity system. Notably, due to the high optical intensities achieved, photodarkening is unavoidable and can quickly degrade the optical quality of both the coupling optical nanofiber and the microcavity, even at very low pump powers. Nonetheless, stable hyperparametric oscillation and SRS are demonstrated in the presence of photodarkening by taking advantage of in-situ thermal bleaching. This work highlights the challenges of silica-based, short wavelength nonlinear optics in high-quality, small mode volume devices and gives an effective method to overcome this apparent limitation, thus providing a baseline for optics research in the blue region for any optical devices fabricated from silica.
Funder
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
China Scholarship Council
Harbin Engineering University Scholarship Fund
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (Kakenhi)
Subject
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
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