Feedback control of ultra-high-Q microcavities: Application to micro-Raman lasers and microparametric oscillators

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3558-3566

  Carmon, Tal ^a   Kippenberg, Tobias J ^a   Yang, Lan ^a   Rokhsari, Hosein ^a   Spillane, Sean ^a   Vahala, Kerry J ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OSCILLATIONS; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PHOTONS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

CASCADED NONLINEAR PROCESSES; MICRO-RAMAN LASERS; PUMP LASERS; THERMAL NONLINEARITY;

FEEDBACK CONTROL;

EID: 21244500929     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.003558     Document Type: Article

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