Adiabatic wavelength conversion in active optical resonators

目的：该方案旨在研究有源光学谐振器中的绝热波长转换，为两名博士生提供丰富的研究机会，同时扩展光行为的基础知识。智力优势：绝热波长转换是光学物理中一个相对未被探索的领域，它正在扩展光行为的基础知识，并为光子路由、数据管理、信号处理和脉冲形状控制提供新的解决方案。以前的研究由于采用了短光子寿命的无源光谐振腔，因此在波长变化的大小上受到限制。这项拟议的研究将利用有源光学谐振器(具有增益的谐振器)，这种谐振器具有更长的光子寿命，因此波长变化幅度更大。理论研究将模拟增益饱和和自发辐射等方面，并将得到有源磷化铟谐振器的实验研究的补充。这个半导体平台允许通过亚毫瓦功率的辅助光脉冲和电信波长控制波长转换。广泛影响：拟议的活动将为两名博士生提供丰富的理论和实验研究经验，并将在国家重要领域对他们进行培训；罗切斯特大学的传统将给予感兴趣的女性和少数族裔候选人平等的机会。重点将是通过同行评议的期刊论文和主要国际会议向全球科学界传播研究成果。研究成果还将直接纳入光学研究所的光电子学和光波技术研究生和本科生课程。

Objective: This proposal seeks to study adiabatic wavelength conversion in active optical resonators, providing a rich research opportunity for two PhD students while expanding fundamental knowledge of the behavior of light.Intellectual Merit: Adiabatic wavelength conversion is a relatively unexplored area of optical physics that is expanding fundamental knowledge of the behavior of light and presenting new solutions for photonic routing, data management, signal processing, and pulse-shape control. Previous research is limited in the magnitude of wavelength change because it employed passive optical resonators with short photon lifetimes. The proposed research will make use of active optical resonators (resonators with gain) that exhibit much longer photon lifetimes and thus a larger magnitude of wavelength change. Theoretical investigations will model aspects such as gain saturation and spontaneous emission, and will be complemented by experimental studies in active Indium Phosphide resonators. This semiconductor platform allows control of wavelength conversion via auxiliary optical pulses having sub-milliwatt powers and telecommunication wavelengths.Broader Impact: The proposed activity will provide a rich theoretical and experimental research experience for two Ph. D. students and will train them in an area of national importance; equal opportunity will be given to interested female and minority candidates in the tradition of the University of Rochester. Emphasis will be placed on communicating research findings to the global scientific community through peer-reviewed journal papers and major international conferences. Results will also be integrated directly into graduate and undergraduate courses on optoelectronics and lightwave technology at The Institute of Optics.