Mode coupling and vertical radiation loss for whispering-gallery modes in 3-D microcavities

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1411-1416

  Huang, Yong Zhen ^a,b   Yang, Yue De ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

^b HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain technique (FDTD); Microcavities; Optical resonators; Quality factor

Indexed keywords

MICROCAVITIES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PHOTONICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

1550 NM; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) TECHNIQUES; LAYER THICKNESSES; MODE COUPLINGS; OPTICAL CONFINEMENT; Q-FACTORS; RADIATION LOSSES; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC (TE); WHISPERING-GALLERY-MODE (WGM);

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

EID: 46349089831     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.922167     Document Type: Article

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