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Self-Sustained Laser Pulsation in Active Optomechanical Devices

Authors :
Debora Princepe
Gustavo S. Wiederhecker
Ivan Favero
Newton C. Frateschi
Source :
IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol 10, Iss 3, Pp 1-10 (2018)
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
IEEE, 2018.

Abstract

We developed a model for an active optomechanical cavity embedding a semiconductor optical gain medium in the presence of dispersive and dissipative optomechanical couplings. Radiation pressure drives the mechanical oscillation and the back-action occurs due to the mechanical modulation of the cavity loss rate. Our numerical analysis utilizing this model shows that, even in a wideband gain material, such mechanism couples the mechanical vibration with the laser relaxation oscillation, enabling an effect of self-pulsed laser emission. In order to investigate this effect, we propose a bullseye-shaped device with high confinement of both the optical and the mechanical modes at the edge of a disk combined with a dissipative structure in its vicinity. The dispersive interaction is promoted by the strong photoelastic effect while the dissipative mechanism is governed by the boundary motion mechanism, enhanced by near-field interaction with the absorptive structure. This hybrid optomechanical device is shown to lead sufficient coupling for the experimental demonstration of the self-pulsed emission.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
19430655
Volume :
10
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
IEEE Photonics Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.214fe948a4f0dacf291131c10e278
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2018.2831001