Magnetic-field tuning whispering gallery mode based on hollow microbubble resonator with Terfenol-D-fixed

• Published in: Applied optics. Optical technology and biomedical optics Vol. 58; no. 32; p. 8889
• Main Authors: Guo, Ying, Zhang, Yundong, Su, Huaiyin, Zhu, Fuxing, Yi, Guo, Wang, Jinfang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 10.11.2019
• ISSN: 2155-3165
• DOI: 10.1364/AO.58.008889

We propose a method of magnetic-field tuning whispering gallery modes (WGMs) based on a hollow microbubble resonator (HMBR) with Terfenol-D-fixed. WGMs are excited by the evanescent field from a tapered fiber coupling with an HMBR. Both ends of the HMBR are fixed with Terfenol-D and vary with different lengths of the Terfenol-D. The length of the Terfenol-D varies with the external magnetic field for the high magnetostriction coefficient of Terfenol-D. The magnetic field sensitivity of 0.081 pm/mT in the magnetic field range of 0.14 mT-21.8 mT is achieved. The $Q$Q-factor of the HMBR can be regulated up to ${2.07} \times {{10}^4}$2.07×10 with physical stretching HMBR. This work provides a novel tuning whispering gallery mode scheme and a broad application prospect in the fields of optical measurement and precise optical clocks in the future.