Photorefraction-induced Bragg scattering in cryogenic lithium niobate ring resonators

Y Xu, A Al Sayem, CL Zou, L Fan, R Cheng, HX Tang - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Y Xu, A Al Sayem, CL Zou, L Fan, R Cheng, HX Tang
Optics Letters, 2021opg.optica.org
We report intracavity Bragg scattering induced by the photorefractive (PR) effect in high-Q
lithium niobate ring resonators at cryogenic temperatures. We show that when a cavity mode
is strongly excited, the PR effect imprints a long-lived periodic space-charge field. This
residual field in turn creates a refractive index modulation pattern that dramatically enhances
the back scattering of an incoming probe light, and results in selective and reconfigurable
mode splittings. This PR-induced Bragg scattering effect, despite being undesired for many …
We report intracavity Bragg scattering induced by the photorefractive (PR) effect in high-Q lithium niobate ring resonators at cryogenic temperatures. We show that when a cavity mode is strongly excited, the PR effect imprints a long-lived periodic space-charge field. This residual field in turn creates a refractive index modulation pattern that dramatically enhances the back scattering of an incoming probe light, and results in selective and reconfigurable mode splittings. This PR-induced Bragg scattering effect, despite being undesired for many applications, could be utilized to enable optically programmable photonic components.
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