Chasing the thermodynamical noise limit in whispering-gallery-mode resonators for ultrastable laser frequency stabilization

High-quality optical resonators have the potential to provide a miniaturized frequency reference for metrology and sensing but they often lack stability. Here, Lim et al. experimentally characterize the stability of whispering-gallery resonators at their fundamental noise limits.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jinkang Lim, Anatoliy A. Savchenkov, Elijah Dale, Wei Liang, Danny Eliyahu, Vladimir Ilchenko, Andrey B. Matsko, Lute Maleki, Chee Wei Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00021-9