Highly efficient multi-chromatic Raman microlasers from cavity polygon modes on thin-film lithium niobate platform

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates highly efficient multi-chromatic Raman microlasers on a thin-film lithium niobate platform using cavity polygon modes, achieving high conversion efficiency, narrow linewidths, and multi-wavelength generation for integrated photonics.

Contribution

Introduces a novel cavity polygon mode approach in lithium niobate microdisks for efficient multi-wavelength Raman lasing with enhanced phase matching and nonlinear interactions.

Findings

Achieved up to 65.02% forward stimulated Raman laser conversion efficiency.

Generated multi-wavelength laser signals across 800 nm and 530 nm bands.

Low pump power of 1.07 mW for 797.4-nm Raman laser.

Abstract

The integration of stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) and second order nonlinearity in non-centrosymmetric photonic microresonators presents a highly promising solution for developing on-chip coherent light sources with exceptional bandwidth and flexible tunability. Our study introduces an innovative methodology leveraging cavity polygon modes within an X-cut thin-film lithium niobate microdisk to achieve highly efficient multi-chromatic Raman microlasers. Specifically, high-Q square modes characterized by two parallel sides oriented perpendicularly relative to the optical axis of lithium niobate crystal were excited. These modes offer distinct advantages, including enhancing both mode-field overlap and improved phase matching, achieved through the utilization of the largest second-order susceptibility component (d_33), which is critical for Raman-quadratic nonlinear interactions. The experimental results highlight significant advancements in multi-wavelength multi-wavelength laser generation, with forward stimulated Raman laser signals exhibiting a high conversion efficiency of up to 65.02% and an impressively narrow integral linewidth of only 5.2 kHz. Simultaneously, our system enables the generation of multi-wavelength Raman-quadratic laser signals across the ~800 nm and ~530 nm spectral bands. These findings are further underscored by an impressive absolute conversion efficiency of 1.33% for the 797.4-nm Raman laser, achieved at a remarkably low pump power of just 1.07 mW. This work not only extends the application scope of cavity polygon modes from single second/third-order nonlinear optical processes to cascaded processes but also establishes a foundation for realizing high-efficiency on-chip multi-chromatic laser sources with versatile functionalities.