Nonlinear optics and crystalline whispering gallery mode cavities

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Jan 30;92(4):043903. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.043903. Epub 2004 Jan 29.

Abstract

We demonstrate parametric frequency doubling in a whispering gallery cavity made of periodically poled lithium niobate. This demonstration is an example of utility of such crystalline optical whispering gallery resonators with very high Q factors, which we have fabricated.