Title :
Micro lasers on a silicon chip
Author :
Vahala, K. ; Kippenberg, T. ; Carmon, T. ; Roksari, H. ; Armani, D.
Author_Institution :
California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
Micro-resonators on silicon having Q factors as high as 500 million are described, and then are used to demonstrate micro-Raman and parametric sources with sub-100 micro Watt thresholds, as well as a novel radiation-pressure driven micro-mechanical oscillator.
Keywords :
Q-factor; Raman lasers; elemental semiconductors; microcavity lasers; micromechanical resonators; optical parametric amplifiers; radiation pressure; semiconductor lasers; silicon; Q factors; Si; microRaman sources; microlasers; micromechanical oscillator; microresonators; parametric sources; radiation-pressure; silicon chip; Biomedical optical imaging; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Q factor; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548182
