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Applied Physics Letters / Volume 96 / Issue 10 / LASERS, OPTICS, AND OPTOELECTRONICS

Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 101110 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3359429 (3 pages)

Efficient low-power terahertz generation via on-chip triply-resonant nonlinear frequency mixing

J. Bravo-Abad1, A. W. Rodriguez1, J. D. Joannopoulos1, P. T. Rakich2, S. G. Johnson3, and M. Soljačić1

1Department of Physics, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
2Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
3Department of Mathematics, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA

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(Received 13 December 2009; accepted 18 February 2010; published online 10 March 2010)

In this letter, we show theoretically how the light-confining properties of triply-resonant photonic resonators can be tailored to enable dramatic enhancements of the conversion efficiency of terahertz (THz) generation via nonlinear frequency down-conversion processes. Using detailed numerical calculations, we predict that this approach can be used to reduce up to three orders of magnitude the pump powers required to reach quantum-limited conversion efficiency of THz generation in conventional nonlinear optical material systems. Furthermore, we propose a realistic design readily accessible experimentally, both for fabrication and demonstration of optimal THz conversion efficiency at sub-W power levels.

© 2010 American Institute of Physics

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Keywords

numerical analysis, optical frequency conversion, resonators, terahertz wave generation

PACS

  • 84.40.Az

    Waveguides, transmission lines, striplines

  • 42.65.Ky

    Frequency conversion; harmonic generation, including higher-order harmonic generation

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0003-6951 (print)  
1077-3118 (online)

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