Germanium microsphere high-Q resonator |
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Authors: | Wang Pengfei Lee Timothy Ding Ming Dhar Anirban Hawkins Thomas Foy Paul Semenova Yuliya Wu Qiang Sahu Jayanta Farrell Gerald Ballato John Brambilla Gilberto |
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Affiliation: | Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. pw3y09@orc.soton.ac.uk |
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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 3.8×10(4) 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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