Title :
Solgel route to erbium-doped microlasers and Raman microlasers on-a-chip
Author :
Yang, Lan ; Spillane, Sean M. ; Min, Bumki ; Vahala, Kerry J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phyics, California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
Ultra-high-Q microresonators are fabricated on silicon chips by the solgel technique. Using wafer-based processing and selective reflow, we create toroid-shaped Er-doped microlasers directly from Er-doped solgel layers and Raman microlasers from undoped silica solgel layers.
Keywords :
Q-factor; Raman lasers; erbium; microcavities; microcavity lasers; silicon; sol-gel processing; Raman microlasers; Si; erbium-doped microlasers; selective reflow; silicon chips; solgel; ultrahigh-Q microresonators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
