Title :
Fabrication, Characterization and Applications of Crystalline Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators
Author :
Matsko, A.B. ; Savchenkov, A.A. ; Strekalov, D. ; Ilchenko, V.S. ; Yu, N. ; Maleki, L.
Author_Institution :
California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena
Abstract :
We review recent progress in fabrication, characterization, and applications of ultra-high-Q crystalline whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonators. We report on the experimental observations of power-dependent, non-exponential decay of light stored in WGMs caused by stimulated Raman scattering in the resonator host material. We show that a proper thermal annealing leads to a significant increase of the quality factors of the resonators. Finally, we demonstrate optical continuous wave parametric oscillations in lithium niobate WGM resonators.
Keywords :
Q-factor; annealing; lithium compounds; optical fabrication; optical materials; optical parametric oscillators; optical resonators; stimulated Raman scattering; whispering gallery modes; LiNbO3; crystalline whispering gallery mode resonators; lithium niobate WGM resonators; optical continuous wave parametric oscillations; quality factors; stimulated Raman scattering; thermal annealing; Annealing; Crystalline materials; Crystallization; Fabrication; Optical materials; Optical resonators; Q factor; Raman scattering; Thermal factors; Whispering gallery modes;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1249-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1249-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296242
