• DocumentCode
    1206650
  • Title

    Fabrication and Characterization of Fused Microfiber Resonators

  • Author

    Pal, Parama ; Knox, Wayne H.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Opt., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    6/15/2009 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    766
  • Lastpage
    768
  • Abstract
    We fabricate a 2.6-mm-diameter loop resonator from a tapered, step-index silica fiber of thickness ~7.2 mum. The resonator has a coupling region that is fused with a CO2 laser for reducing structural instabilities and improving the overall stability of the device. We experimentally demonstrate optical resonances with a Q-factor ges25 000 at a free-spectral range of 0.19 nm.
  • Keywords
    Q-factor; gas lasers; optical fabrication; optical resonators; CO2 laser; Q-factor; fused microfiber resonators; size 2.6 mm; step-index silica fiber; structural instabilities; wavelength 0.19 nm; Laser fusion; microfibers; optical fibers; optical resonators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2009.2017506
  • Filename
    4806036
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1206650