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Germanium microsphere high-Q resonator

Germanium microsphere high-Q resonator
Germanium microsphere high-Q resonator
In this Letter, the fabrication and characterization of a microsphere resonator from the semiconductor germanium is demonstrated. Whispering gallery modes are excited in a 46 µm diameter germanium microsphere resonator using evanescent coupling from a tapered silica optical fiber with a waist diameter of 2 µm. Resonances with Q factors as high as 3.8 x 104 at wavelengths near 2 µm are observed. Because of their ultrahigh optical nonlinearities and extremely broad transparency window, germanium microsphere resonators offer the potential for optical processing devices, in particular at long wavelengths, such as around 2 µm.
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Wang, Pengfei
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Semenova, Yuliya
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Wu, Qiang
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Wang, Pengfei, Lee, Timothy, Ding, Ming, Dhar, Anirban, Hawkins, Thomas, Foy, Paul, Semenova, Yuliya, Wu, Qiang, Sahu, Jayanta, Farrell, Gerald, Ballato, John and Brambilla, Gilberto (2012) Germanium microsphere high-Q resonator. Optics Letters, 37 (4), 728-730. (doi:10.1364/OL.37.000728).

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Abstract

In this Letter, the fabrication and characterization of a microsphere resonator from the semiconductor germanium is demonstrated. Whispering gallery modes are excited in a 46 µm diameter germanium microsphere resonator using evanescent coupling from a tapered silica optical fiber with a waist diameter of 2 µm. Resonances with Q factors as high as 3.8 x 104 at wavelengths near 2 µm are observed. Because of their ultrahigh optical nonlinearities and extremely broad transparency window, germanium microsphere resonators offer the potential for optical processing devices, in particular at long wavelengths, such as around 2 µm.

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Published date: 2012
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 333954
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/333954
ISSN: 0146-9592
PURE UUID: c2be9901-583f-4755-9911-c3bbf619c086
ORCID for Timothy Lee: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9665-5578
ORCID for Jayanta Sahu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3560-6152
ORCID for Gilberto Brambilla: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5730-0499

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Date deposited: 06 Mar 2012 14:07
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:09

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Author: Pengfei Wang
Author: Timothy Lee ORCID iD
Author: Ming Ding
Author: Anirban Dhar
Author: Thomas Hawkins
Author: Paul Foy
Author: Yuliya Semenova
Author: Qiang Wu
Author: Jayanta Sahu ORCID iD
Author: Gerald Farrell
Author: John Ballato
Author: Gilberto Brambilla ORCID iD

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