Title :
Dynamical thermal behavior and thermal self-stability of microcavities
Author :
Carmon, Tal ; Yang, Lan ; Vahala, Kerry J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
Stability and continuous operation are important for almost any use of a microcavity, we demonstrate here experimentally and theoretically self-stable equilibrium solution for a pump-microcavity system; this mechanism is derived by the thermal nonlinearity.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; microcavities; optical pumping; thermal stability; thermo-optical effects; microcavities; thermal nonlinearity; thermal self-stability; Absorption; Heat pumps; Microcavities; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Pump lasers; Q factor; Resonance; Temperature; Thermal factors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202354
