Title :
Photonic clocks, Raman lasers, and Biosensors on Silicon
Author :
Vahala, K. ; Carmon, T. ; Roksari, H. ; Kippenberg, T. ; Armani, A. ; Armani, D.
Author_Institution :
California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
Abstract :
Micro-resonators on silicon having Q factors as high as 500 million are described, and used to demonstrate radio-frequency mechanical oscillators, micro-Raman and parametric sources with sub-100 microwatt thresholds, visible sources, as well as high-sensitivity, biological detectors
Keywords :
Q-factor; Raman lasers; bioMEMS; biosensors; micro-optomechanical devices; microcavities; micromechanical resonators; optical parametric devices; silicon; Q factors; Raman lasers; Si; biological detectors; biosensors; microRaman sources; microresonators; parametric sources; photonic clocks; radio-frequency mechanical oscillators; silicon; visible sources; Biomedical optical imaging; Biosensors; Clocks; Microcavities; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Q factor; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.278808
