Method and system for pumping of an optical resonator
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1. A method of pumping an optical resonator, comprising:
- generating light by a pumping light source;
directing the light at the optical resonator, wherein the optical resonator comprises;
a photonic crystal; and
a material, wherein an interface is formed between the photonic crystal and the material; and
exciting a propagating surface state of the optical resonator at the interface between the photonic crystal and the material; and
changing a propagating frequency of the light proximate the interface between the photonic crystal and the material to a frequency within a frequency bandgap of the surface state of the interface between the photonic crystal and the material, wherein the changed frequency corresponds to a propagation frequency of the surface state.
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Abstract
A method of pumping an optical resonator includes directing light generated by a pumping light at the optical resonator, exciting a propagating surface state of the optical resonator at an interface of the optical resonator, and changing a propagating frequency of the light proximate the interface, where the changed frequency corresponds to a propagation frequency of the surface state. The optical resonator includes a photonic crystal and a material, where the interface is formed between the photonic crystal and the material.
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1. A method of pumping an optical resonator, comprising:
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generating light by a pumping light source; directing the light at the optical resonator, wherein the optical resonator comprises; a photonic crystal; and a material, wherein an interface is formed between the photonic crystal and the material; and exciting a propagating surface state of the optical resonator at the interface between the photonic crystal and the material; and changing a propagating frequency of the light proximate the interface between the photonic crystal and the material to a frequency within a frequency bandgap of the surface state of the interface between the photonic crystal and the material, wherein the changed frequency corresponds to a propagation frequency of the surface state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions forming a program executable by a processing circuit to control pumping an optical resonator, the instructions comprising:
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instructions to control generation of light by a pumping light source; instructions to control directing the light at the optical resonator, wherein the light is generated by the pumping light source, and wherein the optical resonator comprises; a photonic crystal; and a material, wherein an interface is formed between the photonic crystal and the material; instructions to monitor excitation of a propagating surface state of the optical resonator at the interface between the photonic crystal and the material; and instructions to monitor a change in a propagating frequency of the light proximate the interface between the photonic crystal and the material to a frequency within a frequency bandgap of the surface state of the interface between the photonic crystal and the material, wherein the changed frequency corresponds to a propagation frequency of the surface state. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 33)
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17. A system for pumping an optical resonator, comprising:
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a controllable pumping light source configured to; generate light; and direct the light at the optical resonator, wherein the optical resonator comprises; a photonic crystal; and a material, wherein an interface is formed between the photonic crystal and the material; and a processing circuit configured to; control the generation of the light by the pumping light source; control the direction of the light by the pumping light source; monitor excitation of a propagating surface state of the optical resonator at the interface between the photonic crystal and the material; and monitor a change in a propagating frequency of the light proximate the interface between the photonic crystal and the material to a frequency within a frequency bandgap of the surface state of the interface between the photonic crystal and the material, wherein the changed frequency corresponds to a propagation frequency of the surface state. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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