Optical Resonator, Method of Manufacturing the Optical Resonator and Applications Thereof
AssigneeCsem Centre Suisse D'Electronique Et De Microtechnique SA—Recherche Et DéVeloppement
InventorsTobias HERR, Steve LECOMTE
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Abstract
An optical resonator (100) comprises an optical waveguide device (10) having an optical axis (OA) and extending with a longitudinal length between two waveguide end facets (11), resonator mirrors (13) being arranged for enclosing a resonator section (14) of the optical waveguide device (10), and a ferrule (20) having two ferrule facets (21), wherein the optical waveguide device (10) is mounted to the ferrule (20) and the ferrule (20) extends along the full longitudinal length of optical waveguide device (10). Furthermore, an optical apparatus (200) including the optical resonator (100) and a method of manufacturing the optical resonator (100) are described.
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1-31. (canceled)
Optical resonator, comprising
- an optical waveguide device having an optical axis (OA) and extending with a longitudinal length between two waveguide end facets;
- resonator mirrors including dielectric mirrors each having a stack of dielectric layers and being arranged on the waveguide end facets for enclosing a resonator section of the optical waveguide device;
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- a ferrule having two ferrule facets, wherein the optical waveguide device is mounted to the ferrule, wherein
- the ferrule extends along the full longitudinal length of optical waveguide device,
- the resonator mirrors provide a passive optical cavity,
- one of the resonator mirrors has a reflectivity of at least 99.9% and the other resonator mirror has a reflectivity of at least 99%.
Optical resonator according to claim 1, wherein
- the optical waveguide device has a length such that the resonator has a free-spectral range of at least 10 GHz.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.