Planar coupling to high-Q lithium niobate disk resonators

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3651-3656

  Conti, G Nunzi ^a   Berneschi, S ^a,b   Cosi, F ^a   Pelli, S ^a   Soria, S ^a   Righini, G C ^a   Dispenza, M ^c   Secchi, A ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

^c SELEX SISTEMI INTEGRATI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); LITHIUM; RESONATORS; WAVEGUIDES;

CAVITY RING-DOWN; DISK RESONATOR; LITHIUM NIOBATE; LITHIUM NIOBATE WAFERS; LITHIUM NIOBATE WAVEGUIDE; OPTICAL COUPLINGS; PLANAR COUPLING; PROTON EXCHANGE; Q-FACTORS; RESONANCE LINEWIDTH; WHISPERING GALLERY MODE RESONATOR;

NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79951653096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.003651     Document Type: Article

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