Ultra-high-Q toroid microcavity on a chip

Nature

Volumn 421, Issue 6926, 2003, Pages 925-928

  Armani, D K ^a   Kippenberg, T J ^a   Spillane, S M ^a   Vahala, K J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRY ETCHING; ELECTRODYNAMICS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE TENSION;

TOROID MICROCAVITIES;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

MICROSPHERE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

LIGHT; Q FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ATOM; BIOSENSOR; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; LIFESPAN; LIGHT; OPTICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0037468209     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01371     Document Type: Article

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