Fusion spliced microfiber closed-loop resonators

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1075-1077

  Wang, Pan ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Yang, Zongyin ^a   Gu, Fuxing ^a   Wang, Shanshan ^a   Yang, Qing ^a   Tong, Limin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Laser fusion; microfibers; optical resonators; optical waveguide components

Indexed keywords

CLOSED-LOOP RESONATORS; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; FUSION SPLICING; LOADED Q; LOW LOSS; MICRO-FIBER; MICROFIBERS; RESONANT RESPONSE;

LASER FUSION; LASER RADIATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 77954291473     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2049646     Document Type: Article

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