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Slow and fast nonlinearities in microfiber resonators

Philippe GreluAurélien CoilletLimin TongGuillaume Vienne

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[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics]Materials scienceOptical fiberKerr effectbusiness.product_categoryBistabilityPhysics::Optics02 engineering and technology01 natural scienceslaw.inventionResonatorOpticslawOptical transfer function0103 physical sciencesMicrofiber010306 general physicsComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics][ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics]business.industryNonlinear optics021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyOptical cavity0210 nano-technologybusiness

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Nonlinear optical properties of microfiber resonators are investigated. First, a miniature optical resonator standing in air is realized out of a silica microfiber, and measurements of the intensity transfer function show a wide variety of hysteresis cycles obtained at low scanning frequency of the input power. The results are satisfactorily interpreted through the action of thermally-induced nonlinear phase shifts. Secondly, we discuss the conditions under which the fast Kerr nonlinearity can be used efficiently in microfiber resonators under pulsed optical operation.

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