Gap effects on whispering-gallery mode microresonances

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6002, Issue , 2005, Pages

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

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coupling efficiency; Gap effects; Optical microresonances; Optimum gap; Q factor; Whispering gallery modes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

GAP EFFECTS; OPTICAL MICRORESONANCES; Q FACTOR; WHISPERING-GALLERY MODES;

RESONANCE;

EID: 33644645091     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.628867     Document Type: Conference Paper

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