Polygon Coherent Modes in a Weakly Perturbed Whispering Gallery Microresonator for Efficient Second Harmonic, Optomechanical, and Frequency Comb Generations.

ABSTRACT

We observe high optical quality factor (Q) polygonal and star coherent optical modes in a lithium niobate microdisk. In contrast to the previous polygon modes achieved by deformed microcavities at lower mechanical and optical Q, we adopt weak perturbation from a tapered fiber for the polygon mode formation. The resulting high intracavity optical power of the polygon modes triggers second harmonic generation at high efficiency. With the combined advantages of a high mechanical Q cavity, we observe optomechanical oscillation in polygon modes for the first time. Finally, we observe frequency microcomb generation from the polygon modes with an ultrastable taper-on-disk coupling mechanism.