Title :
Parametric oscillations and phase noise of an optomechanical air-slot photonic crystal cavity
Author :
Zheng, Jiangjun ; Li, Ying ; Aras, Mehmet Sirin ; Stein, Aaron ; Shepard, Ken L. ; Wong, Chee Wei
Author_Institution :
Opt. Nanostruct. Lab., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrated the above-threshold regenerative optomechanical behavior of an air-slot photonic crystal cavity. The experimental optomechanical coupling rate gom/2π is ~154 GHz/nm. The parametric oscillations and phase noise are shown.
Keywords :
micro-optomechanical devices; optical noise; optical parametric oscillators; optical planar waveguides; phase noise; photonic crystals; slabs; optomechanical air-slot photonic crystal cavity; optomechanical coupling rate; parametric oscillations; phase noise; regenerative optomechanical behavior; slab; waveguide; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Phase noise; Photonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
