Compact High-Q Optical Comb based on a Photonic Harmonic Potential

Abstract

An effective harmonic potential for photons is achieved in a photonic crystal structure, owing to the balance of the background dispersion and a bichromatic potential. Consequently, ultra-compact resonators with several equi-spaced resonances and high loaded Q factors (0.7 million) are demonstrated. A detailed statistical analysis is carried out by exploiting the complex reflection spectra measured with Optical Coherent Tomography. The log-normal distribution of the intrinsic Q-factors peaks at 3 million. The device is made of $G{a}_{0.5}I{n}_{0.5}P$ in order to suppress the two photon absorption in the Telecom spectral range considered here. This is crucial to turn the strong localization of light into ultra-efficient parametric interactions.

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