A monolithic radiation-pressure driven, low phase noise silicon nitride opto-mechanical oscillator

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 24522-24529

  Tallur, Siddharth ^a   Sridaran, Suresh ^a   Bhave, Sunil A ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); SILICON NITRIDE;

ALL-OPTICAL; CMOS COMPATIBLE; ELECTRICAL FEEDBACK; FABRICATION PROCESS; GRATING COUPLERS; HIGHER ORDER; LOW PHASE NOISE; MICRO RESONATORS; OPTICAL QUALITY FACTOR; OPTO-MECHANICS; OPTOMECHANICAL; PRISM COUPLINGS; RADIATION PRESSURE; RADIO FREQUENCY SOURCE; RING RESONATOR; SIGNAL POWER; TAPERED FIBER;

PHASE NOISE;

SILICON DERIVATIVE; SILICON NITRIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OSCILLOMETRY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OSCILLOMETRY; RADIO WAVES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 82155195429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.024522     Document Type: Article

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