Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14 (11): 112302, Published Online: Aug. 2, 2018
Tunable, ultra-narrow-band optical filter based on a whispering gallery mode hybrid-microsphere Download: 1026次
Abstract
We demonstrate an ultra-narrow-band optical filter based on a hybrid-microsphere consisting of a coated SiO 2 microsphere. As compared to the SiO 2 microsphere, the hybrid-microsphere produces a quality factor of > 10 8 , a transmission spectrum bandwidth of < 1 pm , and an increased side-mode suppression ratio. The microsphere surface roughness and whispering gallery mode (WGM) transmission spectra are measured experimentally. A 0.01 nm bandwidth, single-wavelength fiber laser output is achieved with a tunable wavelength, using the SiO 2 microsphere as the mode selector. The optical field distribution and WGM transmission spectrum of the hybrid-microsphere with different coating parameters are theoretically investigated by the finite-difference time-domain method.
Hongdan Wan, Hongye Li, Haohan Zhu, Ji Xu, Yunqing Lu, Jin Wang. Tunable, ultra-narrow-band optical filter based on a whispering gallery mode hybrid-microsphere[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(11): 112302.