Chalcogenide Microsphere Fabricated from Fiber Tapers Using Contact With a High-Temperature Ceramic Surface

Authors

Pengfei Wang, Technological University DublinFollow
Ganapathy Murugan, University of Southampton
Gilberto Bramilla, University of Southampton
Ming Ding, University of Southampton
Yuliya Semenova, Technological University DublinFollow
Qiang Wu, Technological University DublinFollow
Gerald Farrell, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

Electrical and electronic engineering, Communication engineering and systems

Publication Details

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Vol. 24, 13, 2012, pp.1103-1105.

DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2195722

Abstract

The fabrication 1 and characterization of a 2 chalcogenide glass microsphere resonator has been demonstrated. 3 At wavelengths near 1550 nm, whispering gallery mode 4 resonances can be efficiently excited in a 74-μm-diameter 5 chalcogenide glass microsphere via evanescent coupling using a 6 tapered silica glass fiber with a waist diameter of circa 2 μm. 7 Resonances with Q-factors greater than 105 were observed. 8 Due to the high nonlinearity properties of the chalcogenide 9 material and the ease of fabrication process, chalcogenide 10 microspheres offer the potential for robustly assembled fully 11 integrated photonic devices. 12 Index Terms—Chalcogenide

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2012.2195722

Recommended Citation

Wang, P., Murugan, G., Brambilla, G., Ding, M., Semenova, Y., Wu, Q., Farrell, G.: Chalcogenide Microsphere Fabricated from Fiber Tapers Using Contact With a High-Temperature Ceramic Surface. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Vol. 24, 13, 2012, pp.1103-1105. doi:10.1109/LPT.2012.2195722