A proposal for highly tunable optical parametric oscillation in silicon micro-resonators

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 10596-10610

  Lin, Q ^a   Johnson, T J ^a   Perahia, R ^a   Michael, C P ^a   Painter, O J ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL RESONATORS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

CONTINUOUS WAVE; LASING THRESHOLD; MICRO RESONATORS; MIDINFRARED; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATIONS; TELECOM BANDS; TUNABILITIES;

RESONATORS;

SILICON;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; OSCILLOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; LIGHT; OPTICS; OSCILLOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; SILICON;

EID: 47249162438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.010596     Document Type: Article

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