Optical whispering gallery mode resonators with Q > 1011 and F > 107

Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) - Technical Digest Series

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

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

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

LASER SCIENCE; THERMAL ANNEALING; WHISPERING GALLERY MODE RESONATORS;

ELECTRON OPTICS;

EID: 51649099069     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/QELS.2007.4431748     Document Type: Conference Paper

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