Title :
Optical resonators with whispering-gallery modes-part II: applications
Author :
Ilchenko, Vladimir S. ; Matsko, Andrey B.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
We review photonic applications of dielectric whispering-gallery mode (WGM) resonators-tracing the growth of the technology from experiments with levitating droplets of aerosols to ultrahigh-Q solid state crystalline and integrated on-chip microresonators.
Keywords :
Q-factor; aerosols; dielectric resonators; drops; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; laser cavity resonators; light reflection; microcavities; multiwave mixing; optical filters; solid lasers; spectroscopy; whispering gallery modes; Q-factor; aerosols; four-wave mixing; integrated on-chip microresonators; laser resonators; levitating droplets; monolithic optical total internal reflection resonators; morphology dependent resonances; nonlinear optics; optical filters; optical resonators; parametric optics; photonic applications; solid state lasers; solid-state crystalline microresonators; spectroscopy; tunable filters; ultrahigh-Q microresonators; whispering gallery modes; whispering-gallery mode resonators; Dielectrics; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Optical sensors; Resonator filters; Whispering gallery modes; Four-wave mixing (FWM); 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;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JSTQE.2005.862943
