Efficient upconversion of subterahertz radiation in a high-Q whispering gallery resonator

Optics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 713-715

  Strekalov, D V ^a   Savchenkov, A A ^a   Matsko, A B ^a   Yu, N ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; RESONATORS;

100 GHZ; OPTICAL DOMAINS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUADRATIC OPTICAL NONLINEARITIES; SUB-TERAHERTZ; UP-CONVERSION; WHISPERING GALLERY MODE RESONATOR; WHISPERING GALLERY RESONATORS;

WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

EID: 62649103224     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.34.000713     Document Type: Article

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