Patent ID: 6487233
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: G02B,H01S

Abstract:
A device, comprising:a resonator formed of a laser gain medium in a shape of at least a portion of a sphere that includes an equator of said sphere, said laser gain medium operable to absorb light at a pump wavelength and to emit light at a laser wavelength, said resonator configured to support whispering gallery modes at both said pump wavelength and said laser wavelength; and an optical fiber configured to guide light at both said pump wavelength and said laser wavelength and to include an angle-polished facet that forms an angle with respect to said fiber, wherein said angle-polished facet positioned near said resonator to evanescently couple pump light at said pump wavelength in said optical fiber into a whispering gallery mode at said pump wavelength and to evanescently couple light in a whispering gallery mode at said laser wavelength into said optical fiber.