The effects of inter-cavity separation on optical coupling in dielectric bispheres

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 9460-9466

  Ashili, Shashanka P ^a   Astratov, Vasily N ^a   Sykes, E Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLED CIRCUITS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; RADIATION EFFECTS;

DIELECTRIC BISPHERES; INTER-CAVITY GAPS; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES (WGM);

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33749392415     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.009460     Document Type: Article

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