Locking a microsphere whispering-gallery mode to a laser

Optics Express

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 605-610

  Rezac, J P ^a   Rosenberger, A T ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; FUSED SILICA; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LASERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MODULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL RESONATORS; RESONANCE; THROUGHPUT;

COMPRESSION MODULATION; FIBER OPTICS COMPONENTS; FREE SPECTRAL RANGE (FSR); WHISPERING-GALLERY MODE (WGM);

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0000375465     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.8.000605     Document Type: Article

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