Nonlinear Frequency Conversion in a Crystalline Whispering-gallery Mode Disk
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We are developing high quality factor whisperinggallery mode resonator (WGMR) disks for use in quantum information experiments. Our polished lithium niobate disks achieved a quality factors of Q > 10. We observed the generation of λ = 532 nm through Type-I, noncritically phase matched second harmonic generation in our whispering-gallery mode resonator disk. Unexpectedly, we observed this second harmonic generation far from phase matching conditions (a difference of more than 100 ◦C). The non-phase matched second harmonic was significant enough to produce stimulated Raman scattering at λ = 545 nm, 559 nm, 573 nm, and 587 nm.
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