Pump-locked microcavity Brillouin laser
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| author | Mao, Yuqin Zhang, Chaoze Huang, Ligang Gao, Lei Li, Yujia Shi, Leilei Yin, Guolu Gong, Chaoyang Zhu, Tao |
| author_facet | Mao, Yuqin Zhang, Chaoze Huang, Ligang Gao, Lei Li, Yujia Shi, Leilei Yin, Guolu Gong, Chaoyang Zhu, Tao |
| contents | Microcavity-based microlasers are the kernel light sources for integrating photonics and optoelectronics. The traditional pump light frequency locking mainly utilizes a complex system with optoelectronic feedback, which requires a high-cost narrow-linewidth pump laser and limits the application of microlasers in integrated optoelectronic systems. We propose to utilize Rayleigh scattering of microcavities to lock the frequency of the pump laser to the resonant frequency of the laser microcavity with an all-optical method. While compressing the linewidth of the pump laser, it can greatly improve the long-term stability of the optically pumped microcavity laser. In the experiment, the linewidth of the semiconductor pump laser is compressed from the MHz level to the kHz level. The microcavity Brillouin laser achieves an ultra-narrow intrinsic linewidth of 100 Hz, with an ultra-low frequency noise of 35 Hz2/Hz. The constructed microlaser obtains a locking time up to 1 hour, which does not require any temperature control or vibration isolation of the laser system. This work is the first demonstration to achieve an optically pump-locked microcavity Brillouin laser, which provides a stable and reliable low-cost experimental platform for ultra-narrow linewidth lasers, precision laser sensors, microwave-photonic signal synthesizer, and optomechanical systems. |
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| publishDate | 2024 |
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| spellingShingle | Pump-locked microcavity Brillouin laser Mao, Yuqin Zhang, Chaoze Huang, Ligang Gao, Lei Li, Yujia Shi, Leilei Yin, Guolu Gong, Chaoyang Zhu, Tao Optics Microcavity-based microlasers are the kernel light sources for integrating photonics and optoelectronics. The traditional pump light frequency locking mainly utilizes a complex system with optoelectronic feedback, which requires a high-cost narrow-linewidth pump laser and limits the application of microlasers in integrated optoelectronic systems. We propose to utilize Rayleigh scattering of microcavities to lock the frequency of the pump laser to the resonant frequency of the laser microcavity with an all-optical method. While compressing the linewidth of the pump laser, it can greatly improve the long-term stability of the optically pumped microcavity laser. In the experiment, the linewidth of the semiconductor pump laser is compressed from the MHz level to the kHz level. The microcavity Brillouin laser achieves an ultra-narrow intrinsic linewidth of 100 Hz, with an ultra-low frequency noise of 35 Hz2/Hz. The constructed microlaser obtains a locking time up to 1 hour, which does not require any temperature control or vibration isolation of the laser system. This work is the first demonstration to achieve an optically pump-locked microcavity Brillouin laser, which provides a stable and reliable low-cost experimental platform for ultra-narrow linewidth lasers, precision laser sensors, microwave-photonic signal synthesizer, and optomechanical systems. |
| title | Pump-locked microcavity Brillouin laser |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.09427 |