Polymer microring resonators for high-frequency ultrasound detection and imaging

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 191-197

  Maxwell, Adam ^b   Huang, Sheng Wen ^a,b   Ling, Tao ^b   Kim, Jin Sung ^b,c   Ashkenazi, Shai ^a,b   Guo, L Jay ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c LG Electronics Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acoustic detectors; Acoustic devices; Microresonators; Optical resonance; Optical resonators; Optical strip waveguides; Optical waveguide components; Optical waveguides; Ultrasound detector

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ACOUSTIC WAVES; BANDWIDTH; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

ACOUSTIC DETECTORS; MICRORESONATORS; OPTICAL RESONANCE; OPTICAL STRIP WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS; ULTRASOUND DETECTORS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 39449130108     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.914047     Document Type: Article

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