Abstract
The fabrication and characterization of a chalcogenide glass microsphere resonator has been demonstrated. At wavelengths near 1550 nm, whispering gallery mode resonances can be efficiently excited in a 74-μm-diameter chalcogenide glass microsphere via evanescent coupling using a tapered silica glass fiber with a waist diameter of circa 2μm. Resonances with Q-factors greater than $10 5 were observed. Due to the high nonlinearity properties of the chalcogenide material and the ease of fabrication process, chalcogenide microspheres offer the potential for robustly assembled fully integrated photonic devices.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 6188513 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1103-1105 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 13 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- Chalcogenide glass
- fiber taper
- microshpere
- resistive heating