• DocumentCode
    1653345
  • Title

    Optical microdiscus resonators

  • Author

    Zervas, Michalis N. ; Murugan, G. Senthil ; Wilkinson, James S.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325648
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1653345