FDTD microcavity simulations: Design and experimental realization of waveguide-coupled single-mode ring and whispering-gallery-mode disk resonators

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2154-2165

  Hagness, S C ^a,b,c,d,e   Rafizadeh, D ^a,b,c,f,g,h   Ho, S T ^a,b,e,f,h   Taflove, A ^a,b,c,e  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b IEEE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e Eta Kappa Nu ^*

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^h LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

FDTD methods; Integrated optics; Microresonators; Numerical analysis; Optical device fabrication

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTEGRATED OPTICS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) MICROCAVITY SIMULATIONS; WAVEGUIDE COUPLED SINGLE MODE RINGS; WHISPERING GALLERY MODE DISK RESONATORS;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 0031271544     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.641537     Document Type: Article

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