DocumentCode
577896
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
fYear
2012
fDate
23-27 Sept. 2012
Firstpage
143
Lastpage
144
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0731-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358530
Filename
6358530
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