Optical resonators with whispering-gallery modes - Part II: Applications

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-32

  Ilchenko, Vladimir S ^a,b,c   Matsko, Andrey B ^a,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OEWAVES INC   (United States)

^c OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Four wave mixing (FWM); High order optical filters; Laser resonators; Lasers; Monolithic optical total internal reflection resonators; Morphology dependent resonances; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Parametric optics

Indexed keywords

FOUR-WAVE MIXING (FWM); HIGH-ORDER OPTICAL FILTERS; MONOLITHIC OPTICAL TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION RESONATORS; MORPHOLOGY DEPENDENT RESONANCES; PARAMETRIC OPTICS;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; LASERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FILTERS;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 32944480723     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2005.862943     Document Type: Article

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