Crystalline and liquid whispering gallery mode resonators for laser stabilization and sensing

Year: 2017

Authors: Borri S., Avino S., De Cumis M.S., Giorgini A., Malara P., Insero G., Santambrogio G., Savchenkov A., Eliyahu D., Ilchenko V., Matsko A., Maleki L., Gagliardi G., De Natale P.

Autors Affiliation: CNR-INO, Largo E. Fermi 6, Firenze, 50125, Italy; LENS, Università di Firenze, Via N. Carrara 1, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), 50019, Italy; CNR-INO, C/o Comprensorio Olivetti, Via Campi Flegrei 34, Pozzuoli (NA), 80078, Italy; ASI, Centro di Geodesia Spaziale \’Giuseppe Colombo\’, Località Terlecchia, Matera, 75100, Italy; INRIM – Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Strada delle Cacce, 91, Torino, 10135, Italy; OEwaves Inc., 465 North Halstead Street, Pasadena, CA 91107, United States

Abstract: Microresonators have undergone an impressive development in the last decade, opening new pathways tononlinear optics, laser stabilization, spectroscopy and sensing. Here we present our recent results on linewidth narrowing of quantum cascade lasers and chemical sensing using crystalline solid and liquid whispering-gallery-mode resonators.

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KeyWords: Chemical sensors; Crystalline materials; Liquid lasers; Optical resonators; Photonics; Quantum cascade lasers; Resonators; Stabilization, Chemical sensing; Crystalline solids; Laser stabilization; Linewidth narrowing; Micro resonators; Whispering gallery mode resonator, Whispering gallery modes