Optical resonators with whispering-gallery modes-part I: basics

Author

Matsko, Andrey B. ; Ilchenko, Vladimir S.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

12

Issue

1

fYear

2006

Firstpage

3

Lastpage

14

Abstract

We briefly review basic properties of dielectric whispering gallery mode resonators that are important for applications of the resonators in optics and photonics.

Keywords

Q-factor; dielectric resonators; laser cavity resonators; light reflection; multiwave mixing; optical filters; solid lasers; spectroscopy; whispering gallery modes; Q-factor; dielectric resonators; four-wave mixing; laser resonators; monolithic optical total internal reflection resonators; morphology dependent resonances; nonlinear optics; optical filters; optical resonators; parametric optics; photonic resonators; solid-state lasers; spectroscopy; tunable filters; whispering-gallery modes; Dielectrics; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser modes; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical resonators; Four-wave mixing; high-order optical filters; laser resonators; lasers; monolithic optical total internal reflection resonators; morphology dependent resonances; nonlinear optics; optical filters; optical resonators; parametric optics; solid-state lasers; spectroscopy; tunable filters; wave mixing; whispering-gallery mode (WGM) resonators;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2005.862952

Filename

1588878