Advancing on-chip Kerr optical parametric oscillation towards coherent applications covering the green gap

Yi Sun; Jordan Stone; Xiyuan Lu; Feng Zhou; Junyeob Song; Zhimin Shi; Kartik Srinivasan

doi:10.1038/s41377-024-01534-x

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Advancing on-chip Kerr optical parametric oscillation towards coherent applications covering the green gap

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- Advancing on-chip Kerr optical parametric oscillation towards coherent applications covering the green gap
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 13, Issue 10, Pages: 2212-2220(2024)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division, Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
  2.Joint Quantum Institute, NIST/University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
  3.Reality Labs Research, Meta, Redmond, WA, USA
- Author bio：
  
  Xiyuan Lu (xnl9@umd.edu)
  Kartik Srinivasan (kartik.srinivasan@nist.gov)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/s41377-024-01534-x
  CLC：
- Received：22 January 2024，
  
  Revised：08 July 2024，
  
  Accepted：2024-07-15，
  
  Published Online：21 August 2024，
  
  Published：31 October 2024
- Accepted：
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Sun, Y. et al. Advancing on-chip Kerr optical parametric oscillation towards coherent applications covering the green gap. Light: Science & Applications, 13, 2212-2220 (2024).
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Sun, Y. et al. Advancing on-chip Kerr optical parametric oscillation towards coherent applications covering the green gap. Light: Science & Applications, 13, 2212-2220 (2024). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-024-01534-x.

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Abstract

Optical parametric oscillation (OPO) in Kerr microresonators can efficiently transfer near-infrared laser light into the visible spectrum. To date

however

chromatic dispersion has mostly limited output wavelengths to > 560 nm

and robust access to the whole green light spectrum has not been demonstrated. In fact

wavelengths between 532 nm and 633 nm

commonly referred to as the "green gap"

are especially challenging to produce with conventional laser gain. Hence

there is motivation to extend the Kerr OPO wavelength range and develop reliable device designs. Here

we experimentally show how to robustly access the entire green gap with Kerr OPO in silicon nitride microrings pumped near 780 nm. Our microring geometries are optimized for green-gap emission; in particular

we introduce a dispersion engineering technique

based on partially undercutting the microring

which not only expands wavelength access but also proves robust to variations in resonator dimensions. Using just four devices

we generate > 150 wavelengths evenly distributed throughout the green gap

as predicted by our dispersion simulations. Moreover

we establish the usefulness of Kerr OPO to coherent applications by demonstrating continuous frequency tuning (> 50 GHz) and narrow optical linewidths (< 1 MHz). Our work represents an important step in the quest to bring nonlinear nanophotonics and its advantages to the visible spectrum.

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