Ultra-high quality-factor resonators with perfect azimuthal Modal-Symmetry

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 20998-21006

  Moll, Nikolaj ^a   Stöferle, Thilo ^a   Schönenberger, Sophie ^a   Mahrt, Rainer E ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; ENERGY GAP;

CIRCULAR GRATINGS; COMPLETE BAND GAP; CONCENTRIC RINGS; GRATING PERIODS; INDEX CONTRASTS; MODAL VOLUME; QUALITY FACTORS; RADIAL SYMMETRYS;

RESONATORS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; QUANTUM THEORY; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 70749088574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.020998     Document Type: Article

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