Gain-induced evolution of mode splitting spectra in a high-Q active microresonator

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1626-1633

  He, Lina ^a   Özdemir, Sahin Kaya ^a   Xiao, Yun Feng ^b   Yang, Lan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amplification; Gain medium; Mode splitting; Optical microresonators

Indexed keywords

COUPLING CONDITION; EXCITATION LEVELS; FIBER TAPER; GAIN MEDIUM; LASING THRESHOLD; MICRO RESONATORS; MODE SPLITTING; OPTICAL MICRORESONATORS; OPTICAL MODES; Q-FACTORS; RESONATOR COUPLING; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

AMPLIFICATION; OPTICAL RESONATORS;

OPTICAL GAIN;

EID: 77956509718     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2010.2055549     Document Type: Article

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