Self-sustained gigahertz electronic oscillations in ultrahigh-Q photonic microresonators

We report on theoretical and experimental observations of self-sustained fast [gigahertz (GHz)] electronic oscillations resulting from coupled electron-photon dynamics in ultrahigh-Q Si microdisk resonators with cw pumping. Our theoretical analysis identifies conditions for generating steady-state G...

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Main Authors: Soltani, Mohammad (Author), Yegnanarayanan, Siva (Contributor), Li, Qing (Contributor), Eftekhar, Ali A. (Author), Adibi, Ali (Author)
Other Authors: Lincoln Laboratory (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2012-07-20T13:03:27Z.
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