GaAs micro-nanodisks probed by a looped fiber taper for optomechanics applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7712, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ding, L ^a   Senellart, P ^b   Lemaitre, A ^b   Ducci, S ^a   Leo, G ^a   Favero, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Disk resonators; Fiber taper; GaAs; Optomechanics; Whispering gallery modes

Indexed keywords

DISK RESONATOR; FIBER TAPER; GAAS; OPTO-MECHANICS; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); GALLIUM ALLOYS; NANOPHOTONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS; RESONANCE; RESONATORS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SILICA;

GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

EID: 77953748796     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.853985     Document Type: Conference Paper

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