Title :
Microcavity Brillouin laser with high coherence
Author :
Li, Jiang ; Lee, Hansuek ; Chen, Tong ; Painter, Oskar ; Vahala, Kerry
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
The first chip-based stimulated Brillouin laser (SBL) is demonstrated. It has efficiency of 90% and exhibits record coherence for an on-chip device, featuring Schawlow-Townes frequency noise of 60 milliHz2/Hz. Low technical noise is also observed.
Keywords :
integrated optics; laser beams; light coherence; microcavity lasers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Schawlow-Townes frequency noise; chip based stimulated Brillouin laser; high optical coherence; microcavity Brillouin laser; Coherence; Laser noise; Laser theory; Measurement by laser beam; Optical resonators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
