Dual-wavelength fiber Fabry-Perot cavities with engineered birefringence

Abstract

We present a method to engineer the frequency splitting of polarization eigenmodes in fiber Fabry-Perot (FFP) cavities. Using specific pattern of multiple CO 2 laser pulses, we machine paraboloidal micromirrors with controlled elliptical shape in a large range of radii of curvature. This method is versatile and can be used to produce cavities with maximized or near-zero polarization mode splitting. In addition, we realize dual-wavelength FFP cavities with finesse exceeding 40 000 at 780 nm and at 1559 nm in the telecom range. We provide direct evidence that the birefringent frequency splitting in FFP cavities is governed only by the geometrical shape of the mirrors, and that the astigmatism of the cavity modes needs to be taken into account for specific cavities.

Optimized single-shot laser ablation of concave mirror templates on optical fibers

“…Over the past few years, the main focus of research on CO 2 laser ablation of mirror templates on optical fibers has been developing multi-shot ablation procedures in order to achieve better control over the geometry of the concave shape [24][25][26][27]. These studies, alongside with improved analytical and numerical cavity models [28][29][30][31][32], notably contributed to recent breakthroughs in trapped ion CQED [33], trapped atom CQED [34], solid-state QED [35], and optomechanics [36].…”