Optical resonators with whispering-gallery modes - Part II: Applications

被引:513
作者
Ilchenko, VS [1 ]
Matsko, AB [1 ]
机构
[1] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
基金
美国国家航空航天局;
关键词
four-wave mixing (FWM); high-order optical filters; lasers; laser resonators; monolithic optical total internal reflection resonators; morphology dependent resonances; nonlinear optics; optical filters; optical resonators; parametric optics; Q-factor; solid state lasers; spectroscopy; tunable filters; wave mixing; whispering-gallery mode (WGM) resonators;
D O I
10.1109/JSTQE.2005.862943
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We review photonic applications of dielectric whispering-gallery mode (WGM) resonators-tracing the growth of the technology from experiments with levitating droplets of aerosols to ultrahigh-Q solid state crystalline and integrated on-chip microresonators.
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页数:18
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