| Title | Laser frequency stabilization with toroidal optical microresonators |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2008 |
| Authors | McGovern, M., McRae T.G., Turner G., Kay A.J., Blaikie R.J., and Bowen W.P. |
| Conference Name | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Date Published | 2008 |
| Keywords | Laser radiation, Microfabrication, Optical clocks, Optical microresonators, Optical resonators, Semiconductor lasers, Silicon, Whispering-gallery mode |
| Abstract | Progress towards semiconductor laser frequency stabilization using optical feedback from microtoroidal resonators is presented. A simple model of the feedback mechanism is provided, and equations of motion describing the system fields are given. Reactive ion etcher based fabrication of microtoroidal resonators with intrinsic quality factors as high as 1.6 × 105 is demonstrated. This fabrication technique enables improved silicon surface quality and greater control of the physical structure of the microresonators. |
| URL | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-41149120254&partnerID=40&md5=a205e082268e82f92b6ea02d51994b0a |
| DOI | 10.1117/12.769329 |
