Title :
Ultra-high-Q (>100-million) micro-cavities on silicon for stimulated and parametric lasers sources
Author :
Vahala, K. ; Kippenberg, T. ; Armani, D. ; Spillane, S. ; Yang, Lan ; Carmon, Tal
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. A new chip-based micro-cavity capable of Q factors as high as 500 million is reviewed. Fiber-coupled Raman and parametric oscillators having microwatt level threshold powers are demonstrated as well as narrow-linewidth erbium lasers.
Keywords :
Q-factor; Raman lasers; erbium; microcavity lasers; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators; silicon; Si; chip-based microcavity; erbium doped microlasers; fiber-coupled Raman oscillators; fiber-coupled parametric oscillators; narrow-linewidth erbium lasers; parametric lasers sources; silicon; stimulated laser sources; ultra-high-Q microcavities; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser theory; Microcavities; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical resonators; Q factor; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192719
