High-power continuous-wave optical waveguiding in a silica micro/nanofibre

Jianbin Zhang; Yi Kang; Xin Guo; Yuhang Li; Keying Liu; Yu Xie; Hao Wu; Dawei Cai; Jue Gong; Zhangxing Shi; Yingying Jin; Pan Wang; Wei Fang; Lei Zhang; Limin Tong

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High-power continuous-wave optical waveguiding in a silica micro/nanofibre

Original Articles

- High-power continuous-wave optical waveguiding in a silica micro/nanofibre
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 12, Issue 5, Pages: 809-816(2023)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Interdisciplinary Center for Quantum Information, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, 310027 Hangzhou, China
  2.Intelligent Optics & Photonics Research Center, Jiaxing Institute of Zhejiang University, 314000 Jiaxing, China
  3.State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
  4.Research Center for Intelligent Sensing, Zhejiang Lab, 311121 Hangzhou, China
  5.Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, 030006 Taiyuan, China
- Author bio：
  
  Xin Guo (guoxin@zju.edu.cn)
  Yuhang Li (liyuhang@tsinghua.edu.cn)
  Limin Tong (phytong@zju.edu.cn)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-023-01109-2
  CLC：
- Published：31 May 2023，
  
  Published Online：7 April 2023，
  
  Received：20 October 2022，
  
  Revised：20 January 2023，
  
  Accepted：16 February 2023
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Zhang, J. B. et al. High-power continuous-wave optical waveguiding in a silica micro/nanofibre. Light: Science & Applications, 12, 809-816 (2023).
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Zhang, J. B. et al. High-power continuous-wave optical waveguiding in a silica micro/nanofibre. Light: Science & Applications, 12, 809-816 (2023). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-023-01109-2.

摘要

Abstract

As miniature fibre-optic platforms

micro/nanofibres (MNFs) taper-drawn from silica fibres have been widely studied for applications from optical sensing

nonlinear optics to optomechanics and atom optics. While continuous-wave (CW) optical waveguiding is frequently adopted

so far almost all MNFs are operated in low-power region (e.g.

< 0.1 W). Here

we demonstrate high-power low-loss CW optical waveguiding in MNFs around 1550-nm wavelength. We show that a pristine MNF

even with a diameter down to 410 nm

can waveguide an optical power higher than 10 W

which is about 30 times higher than demonstrated previously. Also

we predict an optical damage threshold of 70 W. In high-power CW waveguiding MNFs

we demonstrate high-speed optomechanical driving of microparticles in air

and second harmonic generation efficiency higher than those pumped by short pulses. Our results may pave a way towards high-power MNF optics

for both scientific research and technological applications.

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