• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 5, Issue 3, 168 (2017)
Martino Bernard1、2、*, Fernando Ramiro Manzano2, Lorenzo Pavesi2, Georg Pucker1, Iacopo Carusotto3, and Mher Ghulinyan1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Centre for Materials and Microsystems, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, I-38123 Povo, Italy
  • 2Department of Physics, Nanoscience Laboratory, University of Trento, I-38123 Povo, Italy
  • 3INO-CNR BEC Center and Department of Physics, University of Trento, I-38123 Povo, Italy
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    Martino Bernard, Fernando Ramiro Manzano, Lorenzo Pavesi, Georg Pucker, Iacopo Carusotto, Mher Ghulinyan. Complete crossing of Fano resonances in an optical microcavity via nonlinear tuning[J]. Photonics Research, 2017, 5(3): 168 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We report on the modeling, simulation, and experimental demonstration of complete mode crossings of Fano resonances within chip-integrated microresonators. The continuous reshaping of resonant line shapes is achieved via nonlinear thermo-optical tuning when the cavity-coupled optical pump is partially absorbed by the material. The locally generated heat then produces a thermal field, which influences the spatially overlapping optical modes, allowing us to alter the relative spectral separation of resonances. Furthermore, we exploit such tunability to continuously probe the coupling between different families of quasi-degenerate modes that exhibit asymmetric Fano interactions. As a particular case, we demonstrate a complete disappearance of one of the modal features in the transmission spectrum as predicted by Fano [Phys. Rev.124, 1866 (1961)PHRVAO0031-899X10.1103/PhysRev.124.1866]. The phenomenon is modeled as a third-order nonlinearity with a spatial distribution that depends on the stored optical field and thermal diffusion within the resonator. The performed nonlinear numerical simulations are in excellent agreement with the experimental results, which confirm the validity of the developed theory.
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    Martino Bernard, Fernando Ramiro Manzano, Lorenzo Pavesi, Georg Pucker, Iacopo Carusotto, Mher Ghulinyan. Complete crossing of Fano resonances in an optical microcavity via nonlinear tuning[J]. Photonics Research, 2017, 5(3): 168
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