title: Parametric oscillations in a whispering gallery resonator.
abstract: We demonstrate strongly nondegenerate optical continuous-wave parametric oscillations in crystalline whispering gallery mode resonators fabricated from LiNbO3. The required phase matching is achieved by geometrical confinement of the modes in the resonator.
authors.affiliation: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91109-8099, USA.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Savchenkov
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Matsko
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohageg
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Strekalov
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maleki