Lasing and up conversion from a nominally pure whispering gallery mode resonator

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 16704-16714

  Mohageg, Makan ^a   Matsko, Andrey B ^a   Maleki, Lute ^a  

^a OEWAVES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM FLUORIDE;

EMISSION PATTERN; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; GREEN LIGHT; HIGH QUALITY FACTORS; INFRARED LIGHT; INFRARED LINE; OPTICAL COOLING; RESIDUAL IMPURITIES; TWO PHOTON; UP-CONVERSION; WHISPERING GALLERY MODE RESONATOR;

RESONATORS;

EID: 84864151716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.016704     Document Type: Article

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