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Nonlinear Optics in a Diamond Micro- and Nano-Cavities

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Publication Date2023-06-12
AuthorsSigurd FlƄgan, Joe Itoi, Prasoon K. Shandilya, Waleed El-Sayed, Elham Zohari
InstitutionsUniversity of Calgary, University of Alberta
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Resonant recirculation of light in optical microcavities can greatly enhance light-matter interactions. In this work, we demonstrate cavity-enhanced second-harmonic and third-harmonic generation from a single-crystal diamond microdisk. The presence of crystal defects - here nitrogen-vacancy centers - breaks the inversion symmetry of the diamond crystal, allowing for observation of the otherwise forbidden second-harmonic generation. We further show that the photon emission follows a clear dependency with cavity detuning of both the pump and emission modes, a clear indication of a doubly-resonant configuration.