Parametric studies of whispering-gallery mode resonators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5593, Issue , 2004, Pages 593-602

  Quan, Haiyong ^a   Guo, Zhixiong ^a   Pau, Stanley ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Frequency shift; Microcavity; Miniature sensor; Nanoscale detection; Near field optics; Optical resonance; Simulation; Waveguide; Whispering gallery mode

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; RESONANCE; SENSORS;

FREQUENCY SHIFT; MICROCAVITY; MINIATURE SENSORS; NANOSCALE DETECTION; NEAR-FIELD OPTICS; OPTICAL RESONANCE; WHISPERING-GALLERY MODE (WGN);

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 16644392437     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.571313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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