Nanofiber-segment ring resonator
AssigneeUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County
InventorsTodd Pittman, Daniel Jones, Garrett Hickman, James Franson
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Abstract
A fiber ring resonator having a relatively long loop of standard single-mode fiber with a short nanofiber segment. The evanescent mode of the nanofiber segment allows the cavity-enhanced field to interact with atoms in close proximity to the nanofiber surface.
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A nanofiber-segment ring resonator (NFSRR) comprising a ring of fiber having an overall ring diameter and a core diameter, wherein the ring of fiber comprises at least one nanofiber segment, wherein the nanofiber segment has (i) a nanofiber length and (ii) a nanofiber core diameter that is less than half a resonance wavelength of a quantum emitter.
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