Figure 1. Schematic of the experimental set-up.
Light from the pump laser (a semiconductor DFB laser) enters the whispering gallery mode resonator (WGMR) through the prism. Part of light is reflected back to the laser because of Rayleigh scattering in the resonator. The light exiting the prism is collimated and used for processing. Insets show power distribution in the resonator mode (a), a picture of the actual resonator (b) as well as a picture of the packaged laser (c).