On fundamental quantum noises of whispering gallery mode electro-optic modulators

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 17401-17409

  Matsko, Andrey B ^a   Savchenkov, Anatoliy A ^a   Ilchenko, Vladimir S ^a   Seidel, David ^a   Maleki, Lute ^a  

^a OEWAVES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; QUANTUM NOISE; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

ELECTROOPTIC MODULATORS (EOM); PARAMETRIC INTERACTION; WHISPERING GALLERY MODE (WGM);

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 37149022234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.017401     Document Type: Article

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