Title :
High-Q ZBLAN microcavities for mid-infrared applications
Author :
Way, Brandyn ; Jain, Ravinder K. ; Hossein-Zadeh, Mani
Author_Institution :
Center for High Technol. Mater. (CHTM), Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
We have demonstrated a simple and reliable method for fabricating high-Q WGM (Whispering Gallery Mode) optical microcavities in “mid-IR relevant” ZBLAN glasses. Intrinsic quality factors of 107 have already been demonstrated.
Keywords :
Q-factor; aluminium compounds; barium compounds; lanthanum compounds; micro-optics; microcavities; microfabrication; optical fabrication; optical glass; sodium compounds; whispering gallery modes; zirconium compounds; ZBLAN; high-Q WGM optical microcavities; high-Q ZBLAN microcavities; intrinsic quality factors; mid-IR relevant ZBLAN glasses; mid-infrared applications; whispering gallery mode; Glass; Heating; Microcavities; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Q factor; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358530