• DocumentCode
    2577653
  • Title

    Demonstration of novel high-Q fibre WGM “Bottle” microresonators

  • Author

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

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    22-26 June 2008
  • Firstpage
    58
  • Lastpage
    60
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a novel and simple technique, involving a standard fibre fusion splicer, to fabricate robust fibre whispering-gallery-mode bottle microresonators with loaded Q factors in excess of 3-107 (limited by the source tuning resolution).
  • Keywords
    Q-factor; micro-optics; microcavities; micromechanical resonators; optical fibre fabrication; optical resonators; splicing; whispering gallery modes; Q factors; WGM bottle microresonators; fibre fusion splicer; high-Q fibre microresonators; source tuning resolution; whispering-gallery-mode bottle microresonators; Biomedical optical imaging; Clamps; Fiber lasers; Heating; Laser tuning; Microcavities; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Q factor; Shape;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Transparent Optical Networks, 2008. ICTON 2008. 10th Anniversary International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Athens
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2625-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2626-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICTON.2008.4598732
  • Filename
    4598732