Title :
Ultra-high-Q (>100-million) micro-cavities for stimulated and parametric laser sources
Author :
Vahala, K. ; Kippenberg, T. ; Armani, D. ; Spillane, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
A new chip-based microcavity 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; integrated optics; microcavity lasers; optical parametric oscillators; solid lasers; spectral line breadth; stimulated emission; Q factors; chip-based microcavity; fiber-coupled Raman oscillators; narrow-linewidth erbium lasers; parametric laser sources; parametric oscillators; stimulated laser sources; ultrahigh-Q micro-cavities; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fabrication; Laser theory; Microcavities; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical resonators; Q factor; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363179
