Tunable filters and time delays with coupled whispering gallery mode resonators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5435, Issue , 2004, Pages 178-186

  Maleki, Lute ^a   Savchenkov, Anatoliy A ^a   Matsko, Andrey B ^a   Ilchenko, Vladimir S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

High Order Optical Filter; Tunable Delay Lines; Tunable Optical Filter; Whispering Gallery Modes

Indexed keywords

HIGH-ORDER OPTICAL FILTERS; MICRORESONATORS; TUNABLE DELAY LINES; TUNABLE OPTICAL FILTERS; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES (WGM);

BANDWIDTH; DELAY CIRCUITS; LITHIUM NIOBATE; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHOTONS; TRANSPARENCY;

RESONATORS;

EID: 10444271009     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.548221     Document Type: Conference Paper

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