Embedded optical microfiber coil resonator with enhanced high-Q

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 1638-1640

  Jung, Yongmin ^a   Murugan, Ganapathy Senthil ^a   Brambilla, Gilberto ^a   Richardson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microfiber coil resonator (MCR); microfibers; nanofibers; optical resonators; optical sensors

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION RATIOS; LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX; MICRO-FIBER; MICROFIBER COIL RESONATOR (MCR); MICROFIBERS; Q-FACTORS; SUPPORT ROD;

NANOFIBERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 77958535870     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2076332     Document Type: Article

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