Free ultra-high-Q microtoroid: A tool for designing photonic devices

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 166-175

  Hossein Zadeh, Mani ^a   Vahala, Kerry J ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PHOTONS;

MICROTOROIDS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; UH-Q MICRORESONATORS;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33846159105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.000166     Document Type: Article

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