Enhancement of quality factor for TE whispering-gallery modes in microcylinder resonators

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 13057-13062

  Yang, Yue De ^a   Huang, Yong Zhen ^a   Guo, Wei Hua ^b   Lu, Qiaoyin ^b   Donegan, John F ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; OPTICAL RESONATORS;

DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; LOW QUALITIES; MICRO CYLINDERS; MODE QUALITY; PROPAGATION MODE; QUALITY FACTORS; RADIATION LOSS; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; UPPER CLADDING LAYERS; VERTICAL LEAKAGE; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 77953608426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.013057     Document Type: Article

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