• DocumentCode
    688710
  • Title

    High-Q sapphire WGM cavities fabricated by crystal growth

  • Author

    Kudo, Hiroyuki ; Suzuki, Ryo ; Yokoo, A. ; Tanabe, Takasumi

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We fabricated sapphire whispering gallery mode cavities using laser-heated pedestal growth. By optimizing the growth condition we fabricated a cavity with a circular cross-section and obtained a Q of 1.6×104.
  • Keywords
    crystal growth; laser materials processing; micro-optics; microcavities; microfabrication; optical fabrication; optimisation; sapphire; whispering gallery modes; circular cross-section; crystal growth optimization; high-Q sapphire WGM microcavity fabrication; laser-heated pedestal growth; whispering gallery mode; Cavity resonators; Crystals; Microcavities; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; X-ray scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833085