Optical resonators with ten million finesse
We report a significant improvement of the finesse and quality factor of a calcium fluoride whispering gallery mode optical resonator achieved with iterative thermal annealing. The initial and final values of the resonator finesse are F(i) approximately 5 x 10(5) and F(f) >/= 10(7) respectively....
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| Published in: | Optics express Vol. 15; no. 11; pp. 6768 - 6773 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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United States
28-05-2007
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| Summary: | We report a significant improvement of the finesse and quality factor of a calcium fluoride whispering gallery mode optical resonator achieved with iterative thermal annealing. The initial and final values of the resonator finesse are F(i) approximately 5 x 10(5) and F(f) >/= 10(7) respectively. The measurements are conducted at room temperature in the laboratory atmosphere. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 1094-4087 1094-4087 |
| DOI: | 10.1364/OE.15.006768 |