Super free spectral range tunable optical microbubble resonator

被引：127
作者：
Sumetsky, M. [1 ]
Dulashko, Y. [1 ]
Windeler, R. S. [1 ]
机构：
[1] OFS Labs, Somerset, NJ 08873 USA
来源：
OPTICS LETTERS | 2010年 / 35卷 / 11期
关键词：
WHISPERING-GALLERY MODES; MICROSPHERES; MICROCAVITY; EXCITATION;
D O I：
10.1364/OL.35.001866
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
An optical resonator is often called fully tunable if its tunable range exceeds the spectral interval that contains the resonances at all the characteristic modes of this resonator. For high-Q-factor spheroidal and toroidal microresonators, this interval coincides with the azimuthal free spectral range (FSR). In this Letter, we demonstrate what we believe to be the first mechanically fully tunable spheroidal microresonator created of a silica microbubble having a 100 mu m order radius and 1 mu m order wall thickness. The tunable bandwidth of this resonator is more than two times greater than its azimuthal FSR. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America
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页码：1866 / 1868
页数：3
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