Giant enhancement of nonlinear harmonics of an optical-tweezer phonon laser

Guangzong Xiao; Tengfang Kuang; Yutong He; Xinlin Chen; Wei Xiong; Xiang Han; Zhongqi Tan; Hui Luo; Hui Jing

doi:10.1186/s43593-024-00064-8

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Giant enhancement of nonlinear harmonics of an optical-tweezer phonon laser

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RESEARCH ARTICLE | Updated：2024-09-25

- Giant enhancement of nonlinear harmonics of an optical-tweezer phonon laser
- Affiliations：
  
  College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, Hunan, China
  Department of Physics and Synergetic Innovation Center for Quantum Effects and Applications, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China
  Nanhu Laser Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, Hunan, China
- Author bio：
  
  *Guangzong Xiaoxiaoguangzong@nudt.edu.cn
  Hui Luoluohui.luo@163.com
  Hui Jingjinghui@hunnu.edu.cn
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- DOI：10.1186/s43593-024-00064-8
  CLC：
- Received：26 March 2024，
  
  Revised：21 April 2024，
  
  Accepted：2024-05-08，
  
  Published Online：05 September 2024，
  
  Published：2024-12
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Guangzong Xiao, Tengfang Kuang, Yutong He, et al. Giant enhancement of nonlinear harmonics of an optical-tweezer phonon laser[J]. Elight, 2024, 4.
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Guangzong Xiao, Tengfang Kuang, Yutong He, et al. Giant enhancement of nonlinear harmonics of an optical-tweezer phonon laser[J]. Elight, 2024, 4. DOI： 10.1186/s43593-024-00064-8.

摘要

Abstract

Phonon lasers

as mechanical analogues of optical lasers

are unique tools for not only fundamental studies of the emerging field of phononics but also diverse applications such as deep-ocean monitoring

force sensing

and biomedical ultrasonics. Recently

nonlinear phonon-lasing effects were observed in an opto-levitated micro-sphere

i.e.

the spontaneous emerging of weak signals of high-order phonon harmonics in the phonon lasing regime. However

both the strengths and the quality factors of the emerging phonon harmonics are very poor

thus severely hindering their potential applications in making and utilizing nonlinear phonon-laser devices. Here we show that

by applying a single-colour electronic injection to this levitated system

giant enhancement can be achieved for all higher-order phonon harmonics

with more than 3 orders enhanced brightness and 5 orders narrowed linewidth. Such an electronically-enhanced phonon laser is also far more stable

with frequency stability extended from a dozen of minutes to over 1 h. More importantly

higher-order phonon correlations

as an essential lasing feature

are confirmed to be enhanced by the electronic injection as well

which as far as we know

has not been reported in previous works using this technique. This work

providing much stronger and better-quality signals of coherent phonon harmonics

is a key step towards controlling and utilizing nonlinear phonon lasers for applications such as phonon frequency combs

broadband phonon sensors

and ultrasonic bio-medical diagnosis.

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