High quality factor nanophotonic resonators in bulk rare-earth doped crystals
Abstract
Numerous bulk crystalline materials exhibit attractive nonlinear and luminescent properties for classical and quantum optical applications. A chip-scale platform for high quality factor optical nanocavities in these materials will enable new optoelectronic devices and quantum light-matter interfaces. In this article, photonic crystal nanobeam resonators fabricated using focused ion beam milling in bulk insulators, such as rare-earth doped yttrium orthosilicate and yttrium vanadate, are demonstrated. Operation in the visible, near infrared, and telecom wavelengths with quality factors up to 27,000 and optical mode volumes close to one cubic wavelength is measured. These devices enable new nanolasers, on-chip quantum optical memories, single photon sources, and non-linear devices at low photon numbers based on rare-earth ions. The techniques are also applicable to other luminescent centers and crystal.
Additional Information
© 2016 Optical Society of America. Received 28 Sep 2015; accepted 5 Jan 2016; published 7 Jan 2016. T. Zhong and J. Rochman contributed equally to this work. J. Rochman is currently at University of Waterloo, Canada. This work is funded by NSF CAREER 1454607, NSF Institute for Quantum Information and Matter PHY-1125565 with support from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation GBMF-12500028, AFOSR Young Investigator Award FA9550-15-1-0252, AFOSR Quantum Transduction MURI #FA9550-15-1-002. Device fabrication was performed in the Kavli Nanoscience Institute with support from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.Attached Files
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20160204-130436067
- NSF
- 1454607
- NSF
- PHY-1125565
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- GBMF-12500028
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
- FA9550-15-1-0252
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
- FA9550-15-1-002
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Institute for Quantum Information and Matter (IQIM)
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2016-02-04Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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- Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, Kavli Nanoscience Institute