Fiber-optic add-drop device based on a silica microsphere-whispering gallery mode system

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 686-687

  Cai, Ming ^a   Hunziker, Guido ^a,b   Vahala, Kerry ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FIBER OPTICS; FUSED SILICA; RESONANCE; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

FIBER OPTIC ADD DROP DEVICE; FINESSE; QUALITY FACTOR; SILICA MICROSPHERE; WHISPERING GALLERY MODE;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0032632091     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.766785     Document Type: Article

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