Ultrahigh-Q toroidal microresonators for cavity quantum electrodynamics

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Spillane, S M ^a   Kippenberg, T J ^a   Vahala, K J ^a   Goh, K W ^a   Wilcut, E ^a   Kimble, H J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORESONATORS; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; TORODIAL MICROCAVITIES;

ELECTRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

RESONATORS;

EID: 18544389365     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.013817     Document Type: Article

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