Title :
Inducing Photonic Transitions between Discrete Modes in a Microcavity
Author :
Dong, Po ; Preble, Stefan F. ; Robinson, Jacob T. ; Manipatruni, Sasikanth ; Lipson, Michal
Author_Institution :
Cornell Univ., Ithaca
Abstract :
We demonstrate that transitions between discrete cavity modes in optical microcavities can be induced when the resonance of cavity is tuned on a time scale shorter than the inverse of the frequency difference between modes.
Keywords :
laser modes; microcavity lasers; optical microcavities; photonic transitions; Laser tuning; Microcavities; Optical pulse generation; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Optical variables control; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse modulation; Resonance;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453066