Optically controlled elastic microcavities

Assegid Mengistu Flatae; Matteo Burresi; Hao Zeng; Sara Nocentini; Sarah Wiegele; Camilla Parmeggiani; Heinz Kalt; Diederik Wiersma

doi:10.1038/lsa.2015.55

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Optically controlled elastic microcavities

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- Optically controlled elastic microcavities
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 4, Issue 2, (2015)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Institute of Applied Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
  2.LENS–European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
  3.Consiqlio Nazionale delle Ricerche-istituto Nazionale di Ottica, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Author bio：
  
  AM Flatae, Institute of Applied Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany Email: assegid.flatae@kit.edu
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- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2015.55
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- Published：2015-06，
  
  Published Online：05 February 2015，
  
  Received：29 August 2014，
  
  Revised：30 January 2015，
  
  Accepted：03 February 2015
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Flatae, A. M. et al. Optically controlled elastic microcavities. Light: Science & Applications, 4, e282 (2015).
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Flatae, A. M. et al. Optically controlled elastic microcavities. Light: Science & Applications, 4, e282 (2015). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2015.55.

摘要

Abstract

Whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonators made from dielectrics like glass or polymers have outstanding optical properties like huge cavity quality (

) factors which can be achieved on scales compatible with on-chip integration. However

tunability of these resonances is typically difficult to achieve or not suitable for robust device applications. We report here on the fabrication of polymeric micro-goblet WGM resonators with an optically controlled and stable reversible tunability over a large spectral range. This tunability is achieved by integration of photo-responsive liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) into micro-goblet cavities. The optical response of the elastomer allows reshaping the goblet by employing low pump power

leading to a fully reversible tuning of the modes. The structure can be realistically implemented in on-chip devices

combining the ultra-high

factors

typical of WGM resonators

with reliable

optical tunability. This result serves as an example of how light can control ligh

by invoking a physical reshaping of the structure. This way of optical tuning creates interesting possibilities for all-optical control in circuits

enabling interaction between signal and control beams and the realization of self-tuning cavities.

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Keywords

liquid crystal elastomerspolymeric cavitiestunable micro-resonatorswhispering gallery modes

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