Ultra-low-power second-order nonlinear optics on a chip
arXiv:2102.05617 · doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31134-5
Abstract
Second-order nonlinear optical processes are used to convert light from one wavelength to another and to generate quantum entanglement. Creating chip-scale devices to more efficiently realize and control these interactions greatly increases the reach of photonics. Optical crystals and guided wave devices made from lithium niobate and potassium titanyl phosphate are typically used to realize second-order processes but face significant drawbacks in scalability, power, and tailorability when compared to emerging integrated photonic systems. Silicon or silicon nitride integrated photonic circuits enhance and control the third-order optical nonlinearity by confining light in dispersion-engineered waveguides and resonators. An analogous platform for second-order nonlinear optics remains an outstanding challenge in photonics. It would enable stronger interactions at lower power and reduce the number of competing nonlinear processes that emerge. Here we demonstrate efficient frequency doubling and parametric oscillation in a thin-film lithium niobate photonic circuit. Our device combines recent progress on periodically poled thin-film lithium niobate waveguidesand low-loss microresonators. Here we realize efficient >10% second-harmonic generation and parametric oscillation with microwatts of optical power using a periodically-poled thin-film lithium niobate microresonator. The operating regimes of this system are controlled using the relative detuning of the intracavity resonances. During nondegenerate oscillation, the emission wavelength is tuned over terahertz by varying the pump frequency by 100's of megahertz. We observe highly-enhanced effective third-order nonlinearities caused by cascaded second-order processes resulting in parametric oscillation. These resonant second-order nonlinear circuits will form a crucial part of the emerging nonlinear and quantum photonics platforms.
arXiv comment14 pages, 8 figures. Equal contribution by the first two authors
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