Magnesium fluoride whispering gallery mode disk-resonators for microwave photonics applications

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 1629-1631

  Tavernier, Hervé ^a   Salzenstein, Patrice ^a   Volyanskiy, Kirill ^a   Chembo, Yanne Kouomou ^a   Larger, Laurent ^a  

^a FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

Magnesium fluoride; optical cavity; whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonator

Indexed keywords

1550 NM; CAVITY RING-DOWN; GIGAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; LOW SENSITIVITY; MAGNESIUM FLUORIDE; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPTICAL CAVITIES; OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE; QUALITY FACTOR Q; RESONATOR FABRICATION; WHISPERING GALLERY MODE RESONATOR; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER VAPOR;

RESONATORS;

EID: 77958555034     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2075923     Document Type: Article

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