• DocumentCode
    2118050
  • Title

    Thermo-optomechanical oscillations in high-Q ZBLAN microspheres

  • Author

    Yang Deng ; Flores-Flores, Milton R. ; Jain, Ravinder K. ; Hossein-Zadeh, Mani

  • Author_Institution
    Center for High Technol. Mater. (CHTM), Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    8-12 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    454
  • Lastpage
    455
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate thermo-optomechanical oscillators based on high-Q spherical ZBLAN microcavities and characterize their oscillatory behavior both theoretically and experimentally. We discuss the relevance of the outcomes for sensing applications.
  • Keywords
    aluminium compounds; barium compounds; lanthanum compounds; micro-optics; oscillators; sodium compounds; thermo-optical devices; zirconium compounds; ZBLAN; high-Q microspheres; high-Q spherical microcavity; oscillatory behavior; sensing application; thermo-optomechanical oscillation; thermo-optomechanical oscillator; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical surface waves; Oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Bellevue, WA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1506-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656633
  • Filename
    6656633