Photonic frequency synthesis and control with whispering gallery mode microresonators

Author

Matsko, A.B. ; Savchenkov, A.A. ; Ilchenko, V.S. ; Maleki, L.

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2003

fDate

14-16 July 2003

Abstract

Experimental and theoretical studies of electro-optical tunability of whispering gallery modes (WGMs) in high-Q monolithic lithium niobate resonators and their applicability for light modulation and filtering are reported. Properties of an optoelectronic microwave oscillator (OEO) based on an WGM LiNbO/sub 3/ resonator are discussed.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; lithium compounds; micromechanical resonators; microwave filters; microwave oscillators; microwave photonics; optical resonators; LiNbO/sub 3/; electro-optical tunability; high-Q monolithic lithium niobate resonators; light filtering; light modulation; optoelectronic microwave oscillator; photonic frequency synthesis; whispering gallery mode microresonators; Electrooptic modulators; Filtering; Frequency synthesizers; Lithium niobate; Microcavities; Microwave filters; Optical control; Optical modulation; Resonator filters; Whispering gallery modes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Holey Fibers and Photonic Crystals/Polarization Mode Dispersion/Photonics Time/Frequency Measurement and Control, 2003 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7982-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.2003.1224348

Filename

1224348