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High-Q bismuth silicate nonlinear glass microsphere resonators

High-Q bismuth silicate nonlinear glass microsphere resonators
High-Q bismuth silicate nonlinear glass microsphere resonators
The fabrication and characterization of a bismuth-silicate glass microsphere resonator has been demonstrated. At wavelengths near 1550 nm, high-modes can be efficiently excited in a 179 µm diameter bismuth-silicate glass microsphere via evanescent coupling using a tapered silica fiber with a waist diameter of circa 2 µm. Resonances with Q-factors as high as were observed. The dependence of the spectral response on variations in the input power level was studied in detail to gain an insight into power-dependent thermal resonance shifts. Because of their high nonlinearity and high- factors, bismuth-silicate glass microspheres offer the potential for robustly assembled fully integrated all-optical switching devices.
1943-0655
1013-1020
Wang, P.
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Wang, P.
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Wu, Q.
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Koizumi, F.
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Wang, P., Murugan, G.S., Lee, T., Ding, M., Brambilla, G., Semenova, Y., Wu, Q., Koizumi, F. and Farrell, G. (2012) High-Q bismuth silicate nonlinear glass microsphere resonators. IEEE Photonics Journal, 4 (3), 1013-1020. (doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2202385).

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The fabrication and characterization of a bismuth-silicate glass microsphere resonator has been demonstrated. At wavelengths near 1550 nm, high-modes can be efficiently excited in a 179 µm diameter bismuth-silicate glass microsphere via evanescent coupling using a tapered silica fiber with a waist diameter of circa 2 µm. Resonances with Q-factors as high as were observed. The dependence of the spectral response on variations in the input power level was studied in detail to gain an insight into power-dependent thermal resonance shifts. Because of their high nonlinearity and high- factors, bismuth-silicate glass microspheres offer the potential for robustly assembled fully integrated all-optical switching devices.

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Published date: 2012
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 341095
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/341095
ISSN: 1943-0655
PURE UUID: 059ec541-963f-4572-b1ce-9dd3a2061dec
ORCID for G.S. Murugan: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2733-3273
ORCID for T. Lee: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9665-5578
ORCID for G. Brambilla: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5730-0499

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Date deposited: 13 Jul 2012 10:21
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:23

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Author: P. Wang
Author: G.S. Murugan ORCID iD
Author: T. Lee ORCID iD
Author: M. Ding
Author: G. Brambilla ORCID iD
Author: Y. Semenova
Author: Q. Wu
Author: F. Koizumi
Author: G. Farrell

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