Ultralow-threshold Raman laser using a spherical dielectric microcavity

Ultimate Q of optical microsphere resonators

M. L. Gorodetsky, Anatoliy A. Savchenkov, Vladimir S. Ilchenko · Optics Letters · 1996 · 1K citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +17

Observation of Critical Coupling in a Fiber Taper to a Silica-Microsphere Whispering-Gallery Mode System

Ming Cai, Oskar Painter, Kerry J. Vahala · Physical Review Letters · 2000 · 906 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Physics, Optical Materials +16

Phase-matched excitation of whispering-gallery-mode resonances by a fiber taper

J. C. Knight, F. Jacques, T. A. Birks · Optics Letters · 1997 · 861 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Optical Materials +10

High-Q measurements of fused-silica microspheres in the near infrared

D. W. Vernooy, Vladimir S. Ilchenko, Hideo Mabuchi et al. · Optics Letters · 1998 · 494 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Physics +15

Very High- <i>Q</i> Whispering-Gallery Mode Resonances Observed on Fused Silica Microspheres

Laurent Collot, V. Lefèvre-Seguin, M. Brune et al. · Europhysics Letters (EPL) · 1993 · 387 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Optics +16