Theory of polarization rotation and conversion in vertically coupled microresonators

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 401-403

  Little, Brent E ^a,b   Chu, Sai T ^c  

^a LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL ROTATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

MICROCAVITIES; MICRORESONATORS; VERTICALLY-COUPLED RESONATORS; WAVELENGTH FILTERS;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

EID: 0033692536     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.839032     Document Type: Article

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