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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Stc.unm, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
Ravinder K. Jain, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Mani Hossein-Zadeh, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
STC.UNM, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 37/15 (2006.01); G02B 6/02 (2006.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01); H01S 3/06 (2006.01); G02B 6/12 (2006.01); H01S 3/16 (2006.01); H01S 3/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02052 (2013.01); G02B 6/262 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12038 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12109 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12159 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12169 (2013.01); H01S 3/0627 (2013.01); H01S 3/1608 (2013.01); H01S 3/173 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical resonator made from an elongated fiber having a proximal and distal end. A sphere is created on the distal end by locating the distal end in cylindrically symmetrical heating zone along a centerline. For some embodiments, the distal end is rapidly cooled by allowing it to retract away from the heating zone along the centerline during the formation and solidification of the molten microsphere. The resulting optical resonator has an intrinsic quality factor greater than 10over the 2.0 to 3.2 μm MIR wavelength range.