Self-locked excitation scheme for microsphere resonators

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 100-102

  Kieu, Khanh ^a   Mansuripur, Masud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber laser; Microsphere resonator; Whispering gallery modes (WGMs)

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVES; COUPLED RESONATOR; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; EXCITATION SCHEMES; FEEDBACK MIRRORS; GLASS MICROSPHERES; HIGH INTENSITY; LASER FREQUENCY; LASING WAVELENGTH; LOW PUMP POWER; MICROSPHERE RESONATORS; MULTIMODES; PUMP DIODES; RESONANT MODE; STIMULATED RAMAN; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES (WGMS);

ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; MICROSPHERES; MIRRORS; PUMPS; RESONATORS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 35349023051     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.887779     Document Type: Article

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