Whispering gallery mode enhanced optical force with resonant tunneling excitation in the Kretschmann geometry

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Xiao, J J ^a   Ng, Jack ^a   Lin, Z F ^b   Chan, C T ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

EVANESCENT WAVES; KRETSCHMANN GEOMETRIES; OFF RESONANCES; OPTICAL FORCES; Q FACTORS; REFLECTED WAVES; SIZE SELECTIVITIES; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 58149479723     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3065024     Document Type: Article

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