Analytical study of the whispering-gallery mode in two-dimensional microgear cavity using coupled-mode theory

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1793-1803

  Huy, Kien Phan ^a   Morand, Alain ^a   Amans, David ^a   Benech, Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

COUPLED MODE THEORY; MICRODISK RESONATOR; WHISPERING GALLERY MODE (WGM);

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 24144447920     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.001793     Document Type: Article

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