Resonance shifts of counterpropagating whispering-gallery modes: Degenerate perturbation theory and application to resonator sensors with axial symmetry

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1321-1329

  Teraoka, Iwao ^a   Arnold, Stephen ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL RESONATORS; PARTICLE SIZE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RESONATORS;

COUNTERPROPAGATING; COUNTERPROPAGATING WAVES; PERTURBATION THEORY; POLARIZABILITIES; RESONANCE SHIFT; RESONATOR SENSORS; SENSOR APPLICATIONS; SYMMETRIC FIELDS;

WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

EID: 67849103848     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.001321     Document Type: Article

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