Generalized formulation for performance degradations due to bending and edge scattering loss in microdisk resonators

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 4452-4473

  Heebner, J E ^a   Bond, T C ^a   Kallman, J S ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); OPTIMIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCATTERING;

EDGE ROUGHNESS; EDGE SCATTERING LOSS; MICRODISK RESONATORS;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 34247236221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.004452     Document Type: Article

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