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
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