title: Radio frequency spectral characterization and model parameters extraction of high Q optical resonators.
abstract: A microwave domain characterization approach is proposed to determine the properties of high quality factor optical resonators. This approach features a very high precision in frequency and aims to acquire a full knowledge of the complex transfer function (amplitude and phase) characterizing an optical resonator using a microwave vector network analyzer. It is able to discriminate between the different coupling regimes, from the under-coupling to the selective amplification, and it is used together with a model from which the main resonator parameters are extracted, i.e. coupling factor, intrinsic losses, phase slope, intrinsic and external quality factor.
authors.affiliation: LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 7 avenue de Colonel Roche, 31031 Toulouse, France.|CNES, 18 avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Zeina
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Abdallah
authors.affiliation: FOTON CNRS, UMR 6082, ENSSAT, CS 80518, 22305 Lannion, France.|ENIB, CS 73862, F-29238 BREST cedex 3, France.
authors.forename: Yann G
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Boucher
authors.affiliation: LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 7 avenue de Colonel Roche, 31031 Toulouse, France.|Univ de Toulouse, UPS, LAAS, F-31400 Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.affiliation: IRMAR, Université de Rennes 1, CNRS, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes, France.
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Balac
authors.affiliation: LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 7 avenue de Colonel Roche, 31031 Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Llopis