Claims
- 1. A method comprising:
forming a cylindrical cavity preform with vertical walls; re-shaping said vertical walls in a way that removes a mode field from flat boundaries of the vertical walls; treating the resulting shape to form an ellipsoidal geometry; and rounding and smoothing edges of the ellipsoidal geometry to reduce radiation loss and to form a dielectric resonator body.
- 2. A method as in claim 1 wherein said cylindrical cavity preform has walls with a diameter of 100 to 200 μm, and a thickness of 20 to 40 μm.
- 3. A method as in claim 1 wherein said treatment comprises one of wet/dry etching, ion milling techniques, RTA laser treatment, ultraviolet treatment or infrared treatment.
- 4. A method as in claim 1 wherein said preform is formed of a silica material.
- 5. A resonator comprising a silica material formed to have at least one substantially elliptical cross-sectional area.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/501,824 filed Feb. 10, 2000, which claims benefit of U.S. application Ser. No. 60/119,435, filed Feb. 10, 1999 and U.S. application Ser. No. 60/123,696 filed Mar. 8, 1999.
STATEMENT AS TO FEDERALLY-SPONSORED RESEARCH
[0002] The invention described herein was made in the performance of work under a NASA contract, and is subject to the provisions of Public Law 96-517 (U.S.C. 202) in which the Contractor has elected to retain title.
Provisional Applications (2)
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60119435 |
Feb 1999 |
US |
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60123696 |
Mar 1999 |
US |
Divisions (1)
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09501824 |
Feb 2000 |
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09880590 |
Jun 2001 |
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