DocumentCode
2635759
Title
Micro lasers on a silicon chip
Author
Vahala, K. ; Kippenberg, T. ; Carmon, T. ; Roksari, H. ; Armani, D.
Author_Institution
California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
fYear
2005
fDate
22-28 Oct. 2005
Firstpage
668
Lastpage
669
Abstract
Micro-resonators on silicon having Q factors as high as 500 million are described, and then are used to demonstrate micro-Raman and parametric sources with sub-100 micro Watt thresholds, as well as a novel radiation-pressure driven micro-mechanical oscillator.
Keywords
Q-factor; Raman lasers; elemental semiconductors; microcavity lasers; micromechanical resonators; optical parametric amplifiers; radiation pressure; semiconductor lasers; silicon; Q factors; Si; microRaman sources; microlasers; micromechanical oscillator; microresonators; parametric sources; radiation-pressure; silicon chip; Biomedical optical imaging; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Q factor; Silicon;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9217-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548182
Filename
1548182
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