Kerr-nonlinearity optical parametric oscillation in an ultrahigh-Q toroid microcavity

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  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

ASPECT RATIO; BANDWIDTH; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; RAMAN SCATTERING;

KERR-NONLINEARITY INDUCED OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATION; PARAMETRIC BANDWIDTH; TOROID MICROCAVITIES; WHISPERING-GALLERY MODES (WGM);

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 19544371920     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.083904     Document Type: Article

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