Title :
Optical microdiscus resonators
Author :
Zervas, Michalis N. ; Murugan, G. Senthil ; Wilkinson, James S.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We present a new “soften-and-squash” method for turning microspheres into high quality, stand-alone microdiscus resonators. Due to the annealing involved in the fabrication process, their measured Q factors are one order of magnitude better than the starting microspheres.
Keywords :
Q-factor; annealing; micro-optics; optical resonators; Q factors; annealing; microspheres; optical microdiscus resonators; soften-and-squash method; stand-alone microdiscus resonators; Glass; Microcavities; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
